Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro ( if capoed)

(strum low strings then middle strings to get the effect)

Five, six, seven, eight!

( if capoed)

( )

All the time, awake--You're still on my mind.

But we were on our own--Almost all the time.

And she'll step away--For a second or two.

And I close my eyes. And I think of you.

We were only seventeen, we were holding in our screams

C D Em G )

like we'd torn it from the pages of some lipstick magazine

And you scratch and turn and say,

Em D C (

"let's burn ourselves up 'til we scream"--like gasoline

Solo over Bb (similar to intro Bb)

Those tender days--at your mother's house

And your father would find my hand inside your blouse

But they tell me that--you're married now

Oh my dear, I fear, I can't understand how

We were only seventeen, we were holding back our screams

like we'd torn our lives from the pages of some girly magazines

And you scratch and turn and say,

"let's burn these sheets down to the seams"--like gasoline

Solo

x2 ( if capoed)

I was only twenty one, I wasn't having any fun

And the words you said tore through my head like bullets from a gun

And I shoulda just shown up and said,

"Get in this car, let's run"

And these years have seen so many imitations turning green

Each like the last, they go right past like credits on a screen

But your memory blazes through me

Burning everything--like gasoline

First solo

Second solo

(you should be able to play the chords with two fingers, or less,

and then hit the solo notes with your other fingers)

Repeat, except 2nd time don't solo on F, just wail on the chord.

On the live acoustic version, violin plays this during the Dm repeat

(which they should have done on the album)

I've been playing it like this, simpler, and sounds fine