[Verse 1]
E B C#m
I found you in the summer heat, of 1953
B G#m E C#m
Wise words from your father said
B G#m C#m
"I know that boy's your brothers friend
B F# E
But I don't think he keeps comin' round for him"
B A
Again and again and again
[Verse 2]
F# E
I had to swim away
C#m B F#m E
Semper Fi but I'll be back someday
B F#m E
I'll take you by the hand and say
B A (B)
Be mine, be mine, be mine
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F# G#m E
In 1953
[Verse 3]
C#m
Leave New York and see the country side
B F#m E
Little city and a bigger life
C#m B E
Watch it grow into a thousand eyes
C#m B A
It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
C#m B A
Oh It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F#m G#m A
In 1953
[Bridge]
E
It's written in the gold rain
C#m
Passed down the light
E
Hangin' in the branches
C#m
You see it in their eyes
E
Pressed in the concrete
C#m
Where we used to reside
B A B
It's larger than life
[Chorus]
E C#m A
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E C#m A
It's okay, and when my heart gives away
E C#m A
It’s alright, I will never leave your side
E A F#m G#m A
And oh when it's time, Just come find me
F#m G#m A
In 1953