Intro: E
Verse:
G
In the night in the beat city light
Em D G
we steal ourselves away and hold on tight
You were there yeah we were all there
Em D G
too young too smart too much for this one town
Em D C
When we'd get so high we got lost coming down
Pre-Chorus:
Am Em G
When we were kids in the street kids in the street
Am Em G
When we were kids in the street just kids in the street
Remember when we
Chorus:
Em C G
We used to laugh we used to cry
live and die by the forty-five
Em C G
Take me back I'll go there
Who could stop us and who would
Am Em G
care always keep to the kids in the street
Interlude -x - E
Verse:
G
We were dreams we were American graffiti scenes
Em D G
No war no peace no hopes no me just us
And the songs with the words we'd sing wrong
Em D G
we'd drive until that jealous sun fell down
Em D C
Just to wash ourselves in the moonlight summer sounds
Pre-Chorus:
Am Em G
When we were kids in the street kids in the street
Am Em G
When we were kids in the street just kids in the street
Remember when we
Chorus:
Em C G
We used to laugh we used to cry
live and die by the forty-five
Em C G
Take me back I'll go there
Who could stop us and who would
Am Em G
care always keep to the kids in the street
Bridge:
Bm G
And we never felt so alive
Bm G
And we'd dance all night under the sky
Em C
We'd live we'd breath we'd die
Em D
When the world stood still for you and I
Just...
Verse:
G
Candles burn 'cause the world will always turn
Em D G
I'll burn both ends until my fire's out
Em D C
Lost in the darkness I can still scream out
Chorus:
Em C G
We used to laugh we used to cry
say goodbye to I-3
Em C G
Take me back down a dirty road
where it went we didn't care to know
Em C G
a glory night is a story saved
Mark the chapter but turn the
Am Em G
page always keep to kids in the street
Am Em G
When we were kids in the street just kids in the street
Outro: E