Key: C
Introduction: C
C
My family left the city in the year 2004
C
Yeah, the bishop spun my mother round and pushed her out the door
F G D
And the blindfold was tied a double knot
F G C
She's peeking out in the Goodwill parking lot
verse 2
C
Lewis was the only friend I made for all that year
C F
His father watched cartoons and construct castles from empty cans of beer after work
G C
For the MDSHA
F G C
The sun danced off his reflector vest all day
Chorus
F G
And everything was fine (everything)
C Am
And everything was good (was good)
F Fm C
And everything was pretty O.K
verse 3
C
Lewis let us skateboard to meet Jay so I could see
C
His darkened room all full of porn and ICP CDs
F G D
The Hewlett Packard glow, the double dare
F G C
The model in his desktop background bare
Bridge
C
We rode home and climbed the hill to Lewis' double life
C
His father asked if he had filled that hole in the backyard
F G D
He said no and I followed to his room
F G D C
His mother's steady stream of filtered cigarette smoke womb
F G D C
We sat down on his bed the sunset gave way to the stars
F G C
Then Lewis taught me how to play guitar
Chorus
F G
And everything was fine (everything)
C Am
And everything was good (was good)
F Fm C
And everything was pretty O.K
F G
Everything was fine
C Am
Oh, everything was good
F Fm C
And everything was pretty O.K
verse 4
C
Lewis failed in algebra
C
He failed in English too
C
He had no middle name and no desire to go to college
F G D
So he'd sit and wait patiently to leave
F G C
Pretending to be listening carefully