Key: C
C
F
G
C
Am
F
G
C
F
G
C
I'm thinking of when I first touched you
Am
F
G
Your skin was electric
C
F
G
C
Now I'm far too wise to dwell on such things
Am
F
C
And far too sentimental to forget them
C
F
G
C
Am
F
G
C
F
G
C
I read somewhere memories are
Am
F
G
stories you write for yourself
C
F
G
C
To explain who you are, and how you got there
Am
F
C
And to blame it on somebody else
C
F
G
Now the gifts are open
Am
F
G
The toys are broken
Dm
F
G
The speeches are all spoken
Am
F
G
And the dishes cleared away
C
F
G
The stream keeps flowing
Am
F
G
My doubts are growing
Dm
F
G
'Cause I've got no way of knowing
Am
F
G
if it'll dam or reach the sea
For you and me
C
F
G
C
Am
F
G
C
F
G
C
I met a man twice my age
Am
F
G
Half joking, he said 'I should warn you.
C
F
G
C
You're a fish on the line, and the line's pulling in,
Am
F
C
and there's a frying pan coming to warm you.'
C
F
G
C
And while I smiled, it occurred to me
Am
F
G
I'm just gristle and blood
C
F
G
C
And I've spent half my life with the sun in my eyes
Am
F
C
Chasing rainbows through the mud
C
F
G
Now the gifts are open
Am
F
G
The toys are broken
Dm
F
G
The speeches are all spoken
Am
F
G
And the dishes cleared away
C
F
G
The stream keeps flowing
Am
F
G
My doubts are growing
Dm
F
G
'Cause I've got no way of knowing
Am
F
G
if it'll dam or reach the sea
For you and me
C
F
G
C
Am
F
G
C
F
G
C
When I was a child in a little kid's world
Am
F
G
My heart was the same
C
F
G
C
as the one I have now But it amazes me how
Am
G
F
much everything else has changed
Am
F
G
C