Bound Stems

Sugar City Magic Chords

Intro:
(0:00) A
(0:21) A D A   A D A
(0:27) Db G Db Db G Db
(0:32) D   A    D    A

    D
Do you recall the best years of your life? 

Well we try, well we try, well we try. 
       A
Every man has a past, and she now seems content 

because she's moving to London to be with her kids...

      D
When you were away, I started over again. 

When you were away, I started over again! 
             A
Well, I'll worry about what my father's going to say 

when he comes home from work. I can take it--
                 G
--take it in a Midwest town with the family intact. 

We went to Catholic school, the military brats. 
            A
We stayed outside all night with our loafers all scuffed; 

the loosened-up ties, the neighborhood toughs. 
             G
We weren't alone much, and Sundays were hell, 

but if we made it back from church my brother promised to tell. 
                A
He said, "Boy, how could you say it? Boy how could you say it?

Boy how could you say it, say it, say it, say it..."

D
Bop bop bop bop ba, bop bop bop bop ba
A 
Bop bop bop bop ba, bop bop bop bop ba  x2

                        D
She tells me that show now believes it's a matter of principle. 
             A
Now the neighborhood's gone she won't change them. 
           D                                         A
She said, "I can see!" She said, "I can see all the empty lots..." 

She kept her married name when he left, for the children's sake.

G
My friends still gather around the block! 
                                     A
With their loosened ties and their guilty faces! 
                        G
On our bikes we were skeleton thin. 

My father came to shake my hand: 
                    A
"Take care of the family. I'll explain when you're an older man. I've been found out now."

   D               A                       G       G                F#m   F#m D A
--tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on the window for a space on our floor: 
                     D             A                        G           G
"You can stay where papa just left; there's a spot on the fireplace mat. 
               F#m F#m       D       A
Welcome to our home. Welcome to our home."
                 D                       G
"Welcome to our home, please excuse the mess--"
                               F#m                             A
"...But they left it like that last night." Bop bop bop bop ba...

                         D                      
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.  
 G                      F#m
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.
                         D
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.
 G                      F#m
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.

(I've been keeping this family afloat for years.)

Em A   D        A   D     G
La la, la la la la, lalalalala
Em A   D        A   D     G
La la, la la la la, lalalalala
Em  A    D             A          D            G
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by, 
Em  A        D         A    D            G
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night. 
Em  A    D             A          D            G
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by, 
Em  A        D         A    D            G
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night. 
Em  A    D             A          D            G   Em
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by, 
Em  A        D         A    D            G   Em
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night. 
Em  A    D             A          D            G   Em
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by, 
Em  A        D         A    D            G   Em
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night. 
Em  A    D             A          D            G   Em
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by, 
Em  A        D         A    D            G
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night.