Verse 1:
- F#m
Once upon a thrill from a kiss to a swill
Bm F#m
We were swallowin' the nights like we had nine lives
Bm A
Dead and gone so long seventeen's so gone
Bm A
Dead and gone so long seventeen's so
Bm F#m
We were borderline kids with a book of disorders
Bm F#m
Medicatin' every day to keep the straightness in order
Bm A
Dead and gone so long seventeen's so gone
Bm A Bm
Dead and gone so long seventeen's so gone
Pre-Chorus:
D C#7 F#m E
It's the false side of hope where believers concede
D C#7
And there's only memories when it's over
Chorus:
- A F#m D
So pour out some liquor make it an old-fashioned
A F#m D
Remember your youth and all that you do the plank and the passion
A C#m D
They were the best of times they were the best of times
F#m E C#7
They were the best of times they were the best of times
F#m
Of your life
Verse:
- F#m
Once upon before we were brilliant and bored
Bm F#m
Two dashes of the bitters add some ice and you pour
Bm A
Dead and gone so long seventeen's so gone
Bm A Bm
Dead and gone so long seventeen's so gone
Pre-Chorus:
D C#7 F#m E
It's the false side of hope where believers concede
D C#7
And there's only memories when it's over
Chorus:
- A F#m D
So pour out some liquor make it an old-fashioned
A F#m D
Remember your youth and all that you do the plank and the passion
A C#m D
They were the best of times they were the best of times
F#m E C#7
They were the best of times they were the best of times
F#m
Of your life
Bridge:
F#m
Get boozy boozy boozy
Bm
Now it looks like a wasteland
F#m
Get boozy boozy boozy
Bm
Not the way that we remember
F#m
Get boozy boozy boozy
Bm
One more sip for the past
F#m
Get boozy boozy boozy
Bm
And always tip your bartender
F#m Bm
Get boozy boozy boozy
F#m Bm
Get boozy boozy boozy
F#m Bm
Get boozy boozy boozy
Get boo
Chorus:
- A F#m D
So pour out some liquor make it an old-fashioned
A F#m D
Remember your youth and all that you do the plank and the passion
A C#m D
They were the best of times they were the best of times
F#m E C#7
They were the best of times they were the best of times