Tom: A

Intro: 
        - Do this 2 times

   AM7                                   Em7
E|-----4-------4-----------4-----------|-----0-------------0-------0---|
B|-----5-------5-----------5-----5---0-|-----0-----0---0---0---0---0---|
G|-----4-------4-----------4-----4---7-|-----------6---4-------4-------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-----------0-------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|-0-------0-----0-------0-------|
         t       t                 t           t     t
      t

I. "I have these dreams I'm walking home..."
        - Do the Intro series 2 times
    "Here I stand, six feet small..."
        - Do I stanza

Refrain. "And these days..."
        - Do this 2 times (once pero two lines)

  DM6    AM7                        DM6   AM7
|---0-------4-------4-------4-----|---0-------4-------4-------4-----|
|---0-------5-------5-------5-----|---0-------5-------5-------5-----|
|-----------4-------4-------4-----|-----------4-------4-------4-----|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
      t       t       t       t         t       t     
 t       t

Chorus. "Oh if only my life was more like 1983..."
        - (strum) Am7, D7sus (4x)
                  C-D

Repeat Intro.

II. "Thinking about my brother Ben..."
        - Do I stanza
    "Here I stand, six feet small, and smiling 'cause
I'm scared as hell..."
        - repeat in the previous stanza except for the next
lines
    "Kinda like your life is like a sequel to a
movie..."
        - hold guitars
    "Where the actors' names have changed..."
        - Do this...

                |-----x---------|
                |-----x---------|
                |-----7---------|
                |-----5---------|
                |-----7---------|
                |-0-------------|
                        t hold.

Repeat Refrain and Chorus.

Chorus 2. "If my life was more like 1983..."
        - Do Chorus chords

Interlude. "And most my memories have escaped me..."
        - (strum) C#m7, F#sus - F# (2x)
                  B - Bm7, E7 
                  E7 (hold)

Bridge.


|-----------------------------|---------------x---7-|----9------12-----
|-----3-----3-------2---2---2-|---------------x---9-|----10-----12-----
|-----0-----0-------2---2---2-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------
|---------------0-------0-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|------------------
|-3-------3-------------------|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|------------------
|-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|------------------
        t     t       t       t                 t


Coda. "You can paint that house a rainbow of colors...
      ...Whatever happened to my...
      ...More like 1983."

        - Am7, D7sus (repeat till fade)