INTRO]
F#m E A D E x2
[VERSE]
F#m E A
When I was young I fell in love
D E
We used to hold hands man that was enough yeah
F#m E A
Then we grew up started to touch
D
Used to kiss underneath the
E
Light on the back of the bus yeah
F#m E A
Oh no your daddy didn't like me much
D E
And he didn't believe me when I said you were the one
F#m E A D
Oh every day she found a way out of the window
D
To sneak out late
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m
She used to meet me on the Eastside
E A D
In the city where the sun don't set
E F#m
And every day you know that we ride
E A D
Through the backstreets of a blue Corvette
E F#m E
Baby you know I just wanna leave tonight
A D
We can go anywhere we want
E F#m E
Drive down to the coast jump in the seat
A D
Just take my hand and come with me
[CHORUS]
F#m E A D
We can do anything if we put our minds to it
D E F#m
Take your whole life then you put a line through it
F#m E A
My love is yours if you're willing to take it
D E
Give me your heart 'cause I ain't gonna break it
F#m E
So come away starting today
A D E
Start a new life together in a different place
F#m E A
We know that love is how all these ideas came to be
D E
So baby run away with me
[VERSE]
F#m E A D
Seventeen and we got a dream to have a family
D E
A house and everything in between
F#m E
And then oh suddenly we turned twenty-three
A D E
Now we got pressure for taking our life more seriously
F#m E A
We got our dead-end jobs and got bills to pay
D E
Have old friends and know our enemies
F#m E A
Now I- I'm thinking back to when I was young
Ds
Back to the day when I was falling in love
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m
He used to meet me on the Eastside
E A D
In the city where the sun don't set
E F#m
And every day you know that we ride
E A D
Through the backstreets of a blue Corvette
E F#m E
Baby you know I just wanna leave tonight
A D
We can go anywhere we want
E F#m E
Drive down to the coast jump in the seat
D
Just take my hand and come with me
E
Singing
[CHORUS]
F#m E A D
We can do anything if we put our minds to it
D E F#m
Take your whole life then you put a line through it
F#m E A
My love is yours if you're willing to take it
D E
Give me your heart 'cause I ain't gonna break it
F#m E
So come away starting today
A D E
Start a new life together in a different place
F#m E A
We know that love is how all these ideas came to be
D E
So baby run away with me
[BRIDGE]
F#m
Run away now
E A
Run away now
D
Run away now
F#m
Run away now
E A
Run away now
D
Run away now
[OUTRO]
F#m E A D
He used to meet me on the Eastside
E F#m E A D
She used to meet me on the Eastside
E F#m E A D
He used to meet me on the Eastside
E F#m
She used to meet me on the Eastside
E A D
In the city where the sun don't set