Five Bright Boys Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I knew that snapshot a[A]s soon as I saw it
on a slightly [Bm]yel lowed [G]page
Five [D]boys with arms
on each other's [A]shoulders[F#m][A][D]
Drunk [A]and laughing
[Em]With all night[A] to rage[Bm]
[G]To a camera that [D]grabbed us
before we got any [A]older
H [Em]on the left no[Bm]w lectures biology Dave
[Em]Fuck the world, he mumbles,
[Bm]before misgi[Em]vin'
Plays Jesse Winchester [Bm]on CD, said
[Em]Then we lived,
now we only [G]try to make [D]a livi[A]n'
[G]Five bright boy[D]s, still for a mom[A]ent
[G]Ten bright [D]eyes laughing at [Em]lies[E][Bm]
[D]Nexus [F#m]P, who[D]'s in adver[A]tising
He really made [E]a m[Bm]an
Slick [G]dresser,
says [D]I'm glad I don't dream [A]anymore
[D]People pay me to think [A]of one -liners
That make [E]even great [Em]detergents [Bm]glint
[G]I bet good old J[D]oey,
he'd call me [A]a whore
Joey's [E]there in the middle,
recall[Bm]ing my conscience
I en[Em]vied his bloody sharp [A]tongue
above [Bm]all
[Em]It was a m[E]istake,
his mother cried [Bm]mysteriously
When she [Em]called,
whether we'd [A]better pull on
[G]Fiv[D]e bright boys, still for a mom[A]ent
[G]Ten bright eye[D]s, laughing at lie[E]s[C#m]
[G]50 [D]fingers holdin'[A] each other
[G]5 bright b[D]oys prepared to s[F#m]trive
[D]Joey holds L, he'[A]s a doctor,
and a father of four
and on two [Bm]bottles of wine a day.
[G]He used to write poetry,
well he [D]now beats his [A]wife,
as [D]a matter of fact,
she was then the photograph[A]er.
And he said then,
[E]it wouldn't last [Bm]as a couple, no way.
[G]It [D]looks like they're stuck
with each other for [A]life
[E]Last in line there's a boy
who [Bm]laughs his head off
He re[E]minds me of both my
father [Bm]and my son
[Em]That kid looks so [E]famili[Bm]ar
Sometimes I won[G]der if
we're still the same [A]one
I went chasing the [Bm]truth in
200 word [F#m]songs
Sometimes I'm [Bm]scared I did it all wrong
[F#m]Then again I feel t[Bm]his was the only way[F#m]
I leave the decision [Em]to
whatever God it [G]is
That calls it a [A]day
[G]On five [D]bright boys
Still for [A]a moment
[G]Ten [D]bright eyes laughing at [Em]life[E][Em]
[G]Fifty [D]fingers holding eac[A]h other
[G]Five bright [D]boys prepared to
[F#m]strive[G][D][A][G][D]
[E]I'm not going to be a fool for you,
[G][D]
I'm not going [A]be you,
[G]I'm [D]going[F#m]
[G]Five bright boys [F#m]prepared [E]to [D]stride[E][F#m]