Radio Monsoon

 
D 
I was out there counting Mississippis 
                         Dsus2 
You were smoking on a cigarette and playing with a rock 
Gmaj7 
I was saying that I'm scared to death 
                        G 
That all I'm ever gonna be is everything that I'm not 
 Em 
I said, "Man, I think I got too high" 
G                           Gmaj7 
You just pointed up to that blue sky 


D 
You were drumming something on the steering wheel 
                    Dsus2 
I never heard you laugh like that, I never heard you sing 
Gmaj7 
You were saying every time you meet somebody you think you could love 
G 
You end up running like a sink 
Em 
Lookin' for a hill you could die on 
Gmaj7 
Running out of things to get high on 
 

 
Em                          G                            D 
Well, I think if we were younger, it's exactly what we'd do 
                       Gmaj7 
Be dumb enough to get stuck in a radio monsoon 
Em                             G 
But the whole world could be burning 
                        D 
And I'd be the last to know 
                      Em 
And when I lose my memories 
                     Gmaj7 
This'll be the last to go 

G 
 

 
D 
I was chasing Tennessee 
D 
Got used to getting high and mean 
            Dsus2 
And you were out there somewhere being loud 
Gmaj7 
You said "Maybe if we met, I think I would've been your friend" 
      G 
But there's no sense in talking 'bout that now 
Em 
So we just keep driving with the roof off 
G 
Kickin' back your seat and take your shoes off 
 

 
Em                         G                              D 
Well, I think when we get older we could make use of this land 
                    Gmaj7                    Em 
Move into a metal house, grow flowers out of sand 
              G                               D 
I'd move to Alabama if it meant that we'd be close 
                      Em                           G 
I'd probably lose my mind but you'd still be the last to go 
 

 
Em                       G 
Oh, paper boy turned to a man 
   D                    Gmaj7 
You thought you couldn't but you can 
Em                  G 
Oh, paper boy, you grew up tall 
 D                    Gmaj7 
But before you, I knew nothing at all 

Em  G 
 

 
Em                   G                    D 
I think that all we have is in this radio monsoon 
                         Gmaj7                               Em 
So let's wait until the black sky turns back into something blue 
                   G                              D 
I used to beg for time to go real fast but now I don't 
              Em                                      Gmaj7 
So God, take everything, but leave the gift of getting old 

G  D