Girl On 37th Street
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[Intro ]
G C
[Verso 1]
G C
Cuffed Levis and a Walkman on pause
Em D
Hiding in the shadow of a better mans cause
G C
My best friends laughing in your inner ring
Em D
While Im just a ghost, not saying a thing
G C
The neon sign of the White Spot glows
Em D
Smell of steak and fries where the late crowd goes
G C
Youre two blocks over on 37th Street
Em D
And Im paralyzed by the rhythm of my own heartbeat.
[Refrão]
C G
Oh, the static of the eighties was a heavy sound
Em D
I was looking at my sneakers while you owned the town
C G
Just a neighborhood apart, but a different world
Em D
The boy in the corner and the 37th girl
C G
The bells rang out and the summer went cold
Em D
And the greatest story remained untold.
[Verso 2]
G C
September hit like a closing door
Em D
Different hallways, different linoleum floors
G C
I looked for your denim jacket in the passing cars
Em D
But distance is measured by more than just yards
G C
Graduation came in a blur of blue
Em D
I lost the nerve, then I lost the view
G C
No more White Spot, no more Friday nights
Em D
Just the fading glow of those street-lamp lights.
[Ponte]
Am C
Decades drifted like smoke in the air
G D
I stopped wondering if you were still there
Am C
Until a blue-light notification broke the haze
G D
A digital window into the old days
Am C
I see your kids, I see your wedding ring
G D
A thousand miles from where the shy kids sing.
[Verso 3]
C G
Now Im scrolling through the "People You May Know"
Em D
Watching thirty years move in a steady row
C G
Youre still on 37th in my mind back then
Em D
But were never gonna be those kids again
C D G
No, were never gonna be those kids again.
Outro
C G Em D
Em D C D G
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