The Griswolds

16 Years

The Griswolds


Tom: Am

Am            G                                   F     
Sixteen years - without even a place to call my own,
 Am                   G                               F              
But I'll dry my tears looking for a place to rest my bones.
F                 A                                     G
All these years - but never changed the one that I have known.
F                 A                                     G
And despite my fears - I'm sure that I can make it on my own.

F
Party drugs and limousines
G
Oh, mama, this is killing me.
F                            G
I'm half the man I used to be.
F
Tequila, lust and gambling
G
Oh, mama, I need rescuing.
F                                G
What sixteen years has done to me.

F                                G

Am            G                                   F 
Sixteen years - burning every bridge that I have known.
Am            G                                   F 
Without you here, the world has gotten colder on my own.    

F
Party drugs and limousines
G
Oh, mama, this is killing me.
F                            G
I'm half the man I used to be.
F                            
Tequila, lust and gambling
G
Oh, mama, I need rescuing.
F                                G
What sixteen years has done to me.

F                                G

C
There's nothing like it - I'm going away.
C                                             
There's nothing like the feeling -
A
Of being alone on a New York street,
A
Gives everything some meaning.
F
There's nothing like being torn apart -
G                        
From a love you've known right from the start.
Em                               F
There's nothing like this feeling.

F
Party drugs and limousines
G
Oh, mama, this is killing me.
F                            G
I'm half the man I used to be.
F
Tequila, lust and gambling
G
Oh, mama, I need rescuing.
F                                G
What sixteen years has done to me.

F                                G

F                                    G
It's what sixteen years has done to me.
F                                    G
It's what sixteen years has done to me.