Intro: Gmaj7 A Bm Bm (x2)
Verse 1:
G A
Oh, back in 1989, you must have been there at the time
Bm Bm
To feel the weightlessness of old
G A
Failing history in class, you could smile at that, I guess
F#m F#m
If you think it happened
G A
Some still have a piece of wall, or aimed too high before the fall
Bm Bm
Others simply failed to show
G A
'Cause it was 1989, if it was any other time
F#m F#m
I'd know
Bridge:
Gmaj7
Touch my skin
Em
Where you been?
Bm Bm
Say I'm in
D A E E
It feels like it is just a simple halo
Verse 2:
G A
I know it should take a little less to find a little rest
Bm Bm
From the moon and from the tide
G A
But back in 1989, I fought the battles that were mine
F#m F#m
I think they happened
G A
'Cause I was first and I was last to read too much into the past
Bm Bm
Through ashes and through embers
G A
Was it now in the snow or early spring, did I break a thumb or another limb?
F#m F#m
I don't remember
Bridge:
Gmaj7
Touch my skin
Em
Where you been?
Bm Bm
Say I'm in
D A E E
It feels like it is just a simple halo
Em
We'd go to where the sailors go
A Bm Bm
Salute the unmoored
Dmaj7
We'd be the ones who say goodbye
C# C#
That's what we're here for
Interlude:
G A Bm Bm
G A F#m F#m
Verse 3:
Em Em/G
All the azaleas in their prime, an imaginary shrine
Bm Bm
They are frozen in their bloom
F#m F#m
'Cause back in 1989 is when I learned to look behind
E E
Like nothing happened
G A
You know it always comes too soon, not even halfway to the moon
Bm Bm
You burn excuses on your lips
G A
Yeah, it was such a marble time, the year of 1989
F#m F#m
You know, the time that I can't put behind
Bridge:
Gmaj7
Let it spin
Em
Lose or win (the time that I can't leave behind)
Bm Bm
Next of kin
D A A A
It feels like this is just a simple halo
Em
We'd go to where you want to go
A Bm Bm
And hurry no morre
Dmaj7
We'd be the ones who say goodbye
C# C#
That's what we're here for
Outro:
Gmaj7 A Bm Bm
Gmaj7 A F#m F#m
(x3)