Intro: G (x3) C D

(No Chord)
Well I’ve been lockin’ myself up in my house for sometime now
Readin’ and writin’ and readin’ and thinkin’
and searching for reasons and missing the seasons.
The Autumn, the Spring, the Summer, the snow.
The record will stop and the record will go.
Latches latched the windows down,
the dog coming in and the dog going out.
Up with caffeine and down with a shot.
Constantly worried about what I’ve got.
Distracting my work but I can’t make a stop
and my confidence on and my confidence off.
And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top
and I think to myself that I do this a lot.
World outside just goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes…
and witness it all from the blinds of my window.
THREE, FOUR
Chorus:
I’m a little nervous ‘bout what you’ll think
When you see me in my swimming trunks
And last night in New York I got raging drunk
Remember one time I got raging drunk with you

Now, I can recall a time when we made the city
Streets our playground, kissing in the fountains
Filled with cigarettes and bottles
Sped through Italian city streets of cobblestone
Because we had to
Because I loved you
Because the damned alcohol
Beacuse what ever at all
(No Chord)
Now I’ve grown to aware of my mortality
To let go and forget about dying
Long enough to drop the hammer down
And let the indolence go wild and flying through
Because we had to

[Verse 1]
Things didn’t work out like they should

Farther from how you thought they would

Do you still want my hand?
Do you think I’m still your man?
I’ll change everything I can
Matrimony…

[Transition]
Em G Am Em (x2)

[Verse 2]
Holy plans and holy gifts
Holy sht what did we get
You said you’ve got plans of your own
You’re gonna work and I’ll stay home

Do you still want my hand?
Do you think I’m still your man?
I’ll change everything I can
Matrimony…

[Verse 3]
My dog is loud and my dog is wild
We’re too young to have a child
Can you keep the dog next week?
I’ll be gone the next three

Em G Em Am Em C Em D (x4)

Do you still want my hand?
Do you think I’m still your man?
I’ll change everything I can
Matrimony…

[Transition]
Em G Am Em (x2)

[Verse 4]
I ain’t through I ain’t walking out
Leaving ain’t what I’m about

You may scream and I may shout
But baby I love you…

Tuning: Standard

What was it like for you
I can tell you in truth what it was like for me
To be sixteen in July, sixteen in July
License in my hand
Freedom on my mind
I was sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to my left
And no one to my right

What did you want to hear on your radio
Even if it did not come in clear
You’d still be sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With license in your hand
and freedom on your mind
If youre sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to your left
And no one to your right

For me it was shortcut road
The girl was new and the car was old
Were you in love like me?
Or at least as in love as you can be?
When youre sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With license in your hand
and freedom on your mind
I was sixteen in July, sixteen in July
With summer to my left, and no one to my right