Intro:
- Do this 2 times
AM7 Em7
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I. "I have these dreams I m walking home..."
- Do the Intro series 2 times
"Here I stand, six feet small..."
- Do I stanza
Refrain. "And these days..."
- Do this 2 times (once pero two lines)
DM6 AM7 DM6 AM7
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Chorus. "Oh if only my life was more like 1983..."
- (strum) Am7, D7sus (4x)
CD
Repeat Intro.
II. "Thinking about my brother Ben..."
- Do I stanza
"Here I stand, six feet small, and smiling cause
I m scared as hell..."
- repeat in the previous stanza except for the next
lines
"Kinda like your life is like a sequel to a
movie..."
- hold guitars
"Where the actors names have changed..."
- Do this...
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Repeat Refrain and Chorus.
Chorus 2. "If my life was more like 1983..."
- Do Chorus chords
Interlude. "And most my memories have escaped me..."
- (strum) C#m7, F#sus - F# (2x)
B Bm7, E7
E7 (hold)
Bridge.
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Coda. "You can paint that house a rainbow of colors...
...Whatever happened to my...
...More like 1983."
- Am7, D7sus (repeat till fade)