massachusetts avenue Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Every time I [C]walk along this [F]street,
I think of [C]you
And [G]given it's [C]the city's major [F]thoroughfare,
I'm [C]screwed
[Em]Taking [F]an alternative's a
little hard to [C]do
[F]It's the street I [C]live on

[Verse 2]
Massachu[Dm]sett[C] s Ave[G]nue

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
[G]There's the cross[C]walk where a
milk truck [F]almost ran me [C]down
The [G]day I finally [C]saw you when
you [F]got back into [C]town
I [Em]don???t know if you [F]saw me,
'cause I turned so quick [C]around
[F]Hiding into [C]traffic, clearly dy[Am]ing t[G]o [C]be
[G]found

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 4]
[G]Do you remember [C]crying in the
[F]park and shutting [C]up?
[G]Do you remember [C]running
and me [F]trying to catch [C]up?
Do [Em]you remember [F]loving me
more than I could be [C]loved?
I [F]chased you for so [C]long, and when I caught you,
I [G]gave [C]up[F][C][F][C]
[G]There's no other [F]way to get to [C]work
[G]After all these [F]years,
it just gets [C]worse
[Em]Memories so [F]dull and well-rehearsed

[Verse 5]
[C]Storrow Stor[G]row Drive is
[F]pretty in [C]the springtime
[G]Storrow Drive is [F]pretty in [C]the fall
[G]You don't have [F]go home in a [C]straight line
[G]You don't have to [F]go back
[C]home at [G]all
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[Verse 6]
[G]There's the [Am]cemetery where
I [Bb]broke your heart [C]in two
And [G]there's the pair [Am]of stones
that we had [C]laughed was [Bb]me a[C]nd you
I [Em]stared at them a [F]long time,
and I asked if it was [C]true
If [F]I still really l[C]oved you
And they answered
[G]Yes,

[Verse 7]
[C]I d[F]o
[C](I do)

[Verse 8]
[C]People [G]come and go,[C]
but these four [F]lanes will never [C]move
[G]Little peach [C]and exes' Jeeps
[F]eventually die, [C]too
[Em]Even if the [G]russians came [F]and
named it something [C]new
[F]It would always [C]look like
Massachusetts Avenue

[Verse 9]
Storrow [G]Drive is pretty in the
springtime
Storrow Drive is pretty in the fall
You don't have go [C]home in a straight line
You [F]don't [C]have to go back home at [F]all
Storrow Drive is pretty in the springtime
Storrow Drive is pretty in the fall

[Verse 10]
[C]You don't
have go home in
[G]a straight line[C]
You don't need to be alone at all