John Mellencamp

^Asus2 I was loud and a li ^G ttle sad.
^D/Dsus2 She was visiting from A ^D/Dsus4 tlanta, Georgia.
^Asus2 She had come to spend the s ^G ummer with her dad.
^D/Dsus2 I thought she was ^D/Dsus4 very pretty.
^C We would kiss and hold ^Em hands
^C Every night by the ^Em football field.
^C Her body was t ^Em an
>From the a ^D/Dsus2 fternoons by the public swimming pool.
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^Asus2 Sweet evening b ^G reeze
Blows around my t ^Asus2 houghts and memo ^G ries.
As I lie here t ^Asus2 oday
And drink my t ^G ea,
^D I can still see ^{Dsus4 D}
Sweet evening b ^Asus2 reeze. ^{G Asus2 G Asus2 G Asus2 G}
VERSE 2:
^Asus2 I saw her in a c ^G offee shop
^D/Dsus2 In a big hotel down in ^D/Dsus4 Austin, Texas.
^Asus2 She had cut her ^G long hair off
^D/Dsus2 And replaced it with
Blue e ^G yes o ^D f s ^G ad - n ^D ess.
^C Still acted like we were ^Em kids
C *Fill*
And she told me that she had to marry
^C And she asked me if I ^Em did
^D/Dsus2 Still remember.
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VERSE 3:
^Asus2 How redundant the f ^G uture can be.
These ^D/Dsus2 days of old are ^D/Dsus4 very, very
^Asus2 Ridiculous for ^G me to see
When I ^D/Dsus2 think about the ^G real ^D gone ^G stor - i ^D es
^C And how time holds the winning ^Em hand.
C *Fill*
I can tell by the lines on our faces
^C And the young can't under ^Em stand
That they ^D/Dsus2 look at me
When they look at themselves.
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