Easy Bake Ovens
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Am D
You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
G C
You were rolling out Easy Bake Ovens and tires
Am D
Another whole day on the Bucks County plain
G
Clouds rolling in, it's feeling like rain
Cm F
Back in the yards and the woods by the pool
Bb Eb
The leaves were on fire when I came home from school
Cm F
Singing a song that I wrote in myself
Bb
Singing that I could be something else
Ebm G#
You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
C# F#
I was sitting there watching on half-buried tires
Ebm G#
Scratching on sidewalks with fingers and stone
C#
Waiting for time, feeling alone
F#m B
Taking out pins in the cushions inside
E A
The rain falling down on the telephone wire
F#m B E
Falling farther and farther away
Am D
Those were the days of the model airplanes
G C
Shooting up rockets for neighborhood fame
Am D
You on the ground, the remote in your hand
G
I was sinking on down, my feet in the sand
Cm F
The rock and roll babysitter's tales
Bb Eb
Of nights with the boys running off of the rails
Cm F
They'd spend the whole night on abandoned farms
Bb
Burning up in each other's arms
Ebm G#
You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
C# F#
You were setting those Easy Bake Ovens on fire
Ebm G#
I was carving my name on a chalkboard with nails
C#
Waiting for somebody else to be there
F#m B
Outside, the dim suburban homes
E A
With their lawns full of ashtrays and their buckets of phones
F#m B E
Ringing off mothers in houses all day
Am D
Back then we had to be cool
G C
But nobody taught me the rules
Am D
So I just wrote it all down
G
On the inside of my fast food paperboard crown
Cm F
Riding bikes before I learned about brakes
Bb Eb
Around and around those cul-de-sac lanes
Cm F
The teens rolling by in their giant green cars
Bb
Driving like rain, they were kissing like stars
Ebm G#
You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
C# F#
You were building those Tinkertoy castle empires
Ebm G#
Melting your crayons over tables of flame
C#
I was feeling alone, I was feeling insane
F#m B
Dad took a picture on August the ninth
E A
Of us with the newspaper and the headline
F#m B E Esus E
'Ford Steps Up; Nixon Resigns'
How to play Easy Bake Ovens
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.