Intro -x2-:
F C Bb
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh
F C Bb
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh
F
Well we busted out of class
C
Had to get away from those fools
Bb
We learned more from a three minute record baby
F C
Than we ever learned in school
F
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
C
I can feel my heart begin to pound
Bb
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes
F C
And follow your dreams down
F C Bb F
Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
Bb C F
No retreat baby no surrender
F C Bb F
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
Bb C F
No retreat baby no surrender
F
Well now young faces grow sad and old
C
And hearts of fire grow cold
Bb
We swore blood brothers against the wind
F C
Now I'm ready to grow young again
F
And hear your sister's voice calling us home
C
Across the open yard
Bb
Well maybe we can cut someplace of our own
F C
With these drums and these guitars
F C Bb F
Well we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
Bb C F
No retreat baby no surrender
F C Bb F
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
Bb C F
No retreat baby no surrender
F C F
Lay lay lay lay lay lay lay, lay lay lay lay lay
F Bb C
Lay lay lay lay lay lay lay, lay lay lay lay lay 2x
F
Well now on the streets tonight the lights grow dim
C
The walls of my room are closing in
Bb
There's a war outside still raging
F C
You say it ain t ours anymore to win
F
I want to sleep beneath peaceful skies
C
In my lover's bed
Bb
With the wide open country in my eyes
F C
And these romantic dreams in my head
F C Bb F
Because we made a promise we swore we'd always remember
Bb C F
No retreat baby no surrender
F C Bb F
Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
Bb C F
No retreat baby no surrender
Bb C F
No retreat baby no surrender
Outro -x2-:
F C Bb
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh
F C Bb
Ooohhh, ooohhh, ohhhhh