Painted Yellow Lines Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Ooh [G]it's[C][Em][G][Am][G][C][Em][D][Am][Em][G]
[C]dark [Am]outside[Em][D][G][Am][Em]
[G]I've been trying [C]to get [Am]a ri[G]de[C]
[D]While my bod[Am]y wai[G]ts,
[Am]my body [Em]wait[Am]s[G][D][C]
[G]Amer[Am] ica[Em] warm[G] my face[C][G][C]
[G]I've [Am]been [Em]trying [G]to
turn the [Am]page[C][Am]
Once I [G]was a

[Verse 2]
little boy,
[D]sta[Am]ring at my sh[Em]oes[D][G][Am]
You came [Em]along [G]and[C] found me in
[Am]the [Em]chicken coop[C][D]
[C]But time takes over, [Am]I can't say when
[C]Time takes over, [D]may we do it again

[Verse 3]
Take me to [G]the beach[D]head let's go [Am]over
All of those rocks at the
end of the [D]road and
Take me down [G]to main street
[D]with no [Am]clothes on
[D]With our [Em]bare feet on the
[C]painted yellow [G]lines

[Verse 4]
With our [Am]shadows far b[Em]ehind us
Broke [C]into that summer [G]school and
fooled [Am]around on the infirm[D]ary cot
And we can [C]be like all those [G]fairies
Making their [Am]rain angels in the ed[Em]dies
And I [C]have no expecta[G]tion,
just an ad[Am]oles[Em]cent h[G]eart

[Interlude 1]
[Am][C][Em][G][Am][G][C][Em][D][Am]

[Verse 5]
[G]Ooh it's dar[C]k out[Am]side
[Em]I've[D] bee[G]n [Am]try[G]
[Am]ing [C]to get a[Am] rid[C]e
[D]While my bod[Am]y wai[Em]ts,
[G]my [Am]body wa[Em]its[G][D][C]
[G]Amer[Am] ica[Em] warm[G] my face[C][G][C]
[G]I've [Am]been tryi[Em]ng[Am][G]
to turn [C]the [Am]page
Once I [G]was a little

[Verse 6]
boy,
[Am]star[C]ing at my sh[Em]oes[D][G][Am]
You came [G]along [C]and found me
[Am]in the chicken [D]coop
But [C]time takes over, [Am]I can't say when
[C]Time takes over, [D]may we do it again

[Verse 7]
Take me to [G]the [D]beachhead let's go [Am]over
All of those rocks at the end of the [D]road
Help me down [G]the seawall
[D]let's [Am]find Mar[D]ci
See if she [Em]got that invita
[C]tion to the [G]movie

[Verse 8]
The one where the kid[Am]s
break out [Em]of juvie
And then [C]by their own admis[G]sion
They go and [Am]turn themselves all [D]in
Just as they get [C]there to the sta[G]tion
The young [Am]one wheels and
begs the pave[Em]ment
For brother [C]speed to make [G]arrangements
with the [Am]spirits of the [D]night

[Verse 9]
Take me to the [G]race track
[D]let's [Am]go bet on
Aw the [C]one that no one ex
[Am]pects to [D]win and
Let's bet on [G]the skinny horse
[D]He will [Am]surely [D]try the
[Em]hardest to come in first

[Verse 10]
[C]I bet you for the winner[G] they put on
[Am]some kind of fancy din[Em]ner
Let's be like those [C]Philadelphia sis[G]ters
That have prayed [Am]straight
for a hundred [D]years
And I have [C]no expecta[G]tion,
just to [Am]be here in t[Em]he present
And behold [C]you [Am]for a s[G]econd
[Am]before it all goes [D]away

[Verse 11]
Hah [Em]ah ah ah ah ah ah
[C]Ah ah [Em]ah ah ah ah ah
[Am]Before it all goes [D]away
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
[Em]Ah a[C]h ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah [Em]ah ah ah ah [Am]ah[D]

[Verse 12]
Ohh in those [Em]painted yellow lines
With our [C]shadows far behind
Broke [Em]into that summer school and
fooled [Am]around on the infirmary [D]cot
We can [Em]be like all those fairies
Making their [C]rain angels in the eddies
And I [Em]have no expectation,
just an ad[Am]olescent heart

[Outro 1]
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