Reminisce (Part 1) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Hey, [Am]does anybody remember 82?
Yeah, of course we do. do?
Sure. I mean, can I reminisce?
Sure, go ahead, go on.
You don't mind or anything?
If you want to.
[G]Can I get personal? Sure.
Do I mean, it's to offend anybody
or you don't ob[Am]ject or anything.
Why should I?
You sure? Come on.
Which one? Okay. One,
[G]two. [Am]Yeah.
[D][G]
Let [Am]me go back further.
Now let me [D]go back further,
if I may, [G]yeah, please take [Am]it on,
It [D]was a [G]rainy afternoon,
it was two, maybe three [Am]months ago
I first star[D]ted to reminisce,
I first [G]started to reflect,
you know I [Am]was walking by the Thames at the [D]time
and I started to think [G]about the
summer [Am]of 1980
So what [D]I did,
I wrote this down
on a piece [G]of lined white paper
While I still felt strong about [Am]it
Here's what [D]I recall[G][Am]
[D]It was Augus[G]t 1980,
I was searching for the spirit
[Am]of Brendan Beale
in the [D]bars of [G]Dublin. I mean at this point,
you know,
I had a bit [Am]of reputation
as something of [D]a searcher.[G]
I still have for that matter,
but per[Am]haps even more at this point.
[D]Anyway, I went from one [G]bar to another,
I mean I started off with a [Am]couple of friends
but after a [D]short while
I think they just decided [G]to abandon the search,
well you know how it is,
they probably had [Am]other plans
or something to do [D]with it, I mean [G]me,
I carried on,
you know, I was determined,
I [Am]went from one bar to another,
[D]I went to B[G]ranigans,
I went [Am]to Flanigans,
you know, like in [D]the song, you know,
the one about the don[G]key,
you know, I [Am]mean, like, cause,
the [D]thing is,
I've got to confess,
[G]you know, at this point,
I wasn't feeling on top of the world,
you [Am]know, [D]frankly, no, no sir.
[G]In other words, you weren't exactly
laughing.
mean, I wasn't exactly
[Am]walking down the road
with a [D]spring in my step.
know, happy [G]-go -lucky
wasn't my middle name.
That's [Am]not true. I mean,
I heard that [D]blind man,
that man with the glasses.
[G]I heard him singing.
I didn't [Am]like the song,
you understand. [D]Oh, right.
[G]But I did know what he meant
about the higher ground.
I [Am]knew what he meant
about the higher ground.
[D]You did. I did, yeah.
[G]You understood.
So anyway, I went into this one bar.
[Am]I can't remember the name
of it.
[D]It doesn't really matter now.
But [G]I, you know, by this time I was getting,
I was getting [Am]really impatient.
So [D]I plucked up the courage
to ask [G]somebody,
I noticed a man.
He was prob[Am]ably in his early thirties.
[D]was well built.
He [G]had ginger hair
and [Am]a big, fierce, powerful [D]face.
[G]He looks like the type you know
and [Am]want.[D][G]
Excuse me.
[Am]Do you know where I can find the spiri[D]t
of Brendan Behan, said [G]I.
Brendan Behan said, [Am]yes,
[D]and I, [G]New York, said he, [Am]New York, said I,
[D]New York, said again qui[G]ckly, New York?
[Am]Man, that's 3 ,000 [D]miles to the west.
[G]I mean, you're on the wrong
side [Am]of the world.
So [D]what did you do?
[G]Well, what could I do?
I just got [Am]out of there.
I put my coat on, [D]I got out of there,
I walked straight out [G]of there.
And I walked down the road
and I started to [Am]sing[D][G][Am][D][G]
[Am][D][G]
[Am][D][G]
[Am][D]
[G][Am][D]
[G][Am][D]
[G][Am][D]
[G][Am][D]
[G][Am]
[D]It [G]doesn't matter, don't matter
It [Am]doesn't matter,
[D]it does[G]n't
Don't matter, don't matter, [Am]much lately
[D]No, no, [G]no, no, no, no, [Am]no, no, [D]no
[G]It don't matter, it don't, [Am]oh, o[D]h, oh
[G]No, no, no, no, no, no,[G] no
Ha! [Am]Ha!
[D]It don[G]'t matter, it don[Am]'t matter
[D]It [G]don't matter, [Am]it don't matter
[D]Oh, I, I [G]need y 'all
[Am]Don't [D]matter
[G]Don't [Am]matter[D]
[G][Am][D]
[G]
And then, you know,
[Am]there's always one or two
[D]things to be learned
[G]To be learned from an experience
like [Am]this
I, [D]I, [G]uh
It don't matter,
It don't [Am]matter,[D][G]
[Am]It don't matter,
[D][G]
[Am]don'[D]t ma[G]tter,
[Am]It don't m[D]atter,
[G]It don't matter,
[Am]It don't matter, matter,
[D]It don't
It don't don't
matter, don't don't
It don't