1989

Intro: Gmaj7 A Bm Bm (x2) 

 
            G                   A 
Oh, back in 1989, you must have been there at the time 
            Bm                   Bm 
To feel the weightlessness of old 
        G                           A 
Failing history in class, you could smile at that, I guess 
                F#m          F#m 
If you think it happened 

           G                                  A 
Some still have a piece of wall, or aimed too high before the fall 
       Bm                   Bm 
Others simply failed to show 
              G               A 
'Cause it was 1989, if it was any other time 
    F#m         F#m 
I'd know 


         Gmaj7 
Touch my skin 
       Em 
Where you been? 
     Bm        Bm 
Say I'm in 
                    D              A  E  E 
It feels like it is just a simple halo 

 
                 G                     A 
I know it should take a little less to find a little rest 
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From the moon and from the tide 
            G                  A 
But back in 1989, I fought the battles that were mine 
             F#m        F#m 
I think they happened 

       G                             A 
'Cause I was first and I was last to read too much into the past 
        Bm                      Bm 
Through ashes and through embers 
           G                                  A 
Was it now in the snow or early spring, did I break a thumb or another limb? 
        F#m          F#m 
I don't remember 

 
         Gmaj7 
Touch my skin 
       Em 
Where you been? 
     Bm        Bm 
Say I'm in 
                    D              A  E  E 
It feels like it is just a simple halo 


 
                     Em 
We'd go to where the sailors go 
   A               Bm      Bm 
Salute the unmoored 
                     Dmaj7 
We'd be the ones who say goodbye 
       C#                 C# 
That's what we're here for 


Interlude:
G A Bm Bm 
G A F#m F#m 


 
        Em                         Em/G 
All the azaleas in their prime, an imaginary shrine 
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They are frozen in their bloom 
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'Cause back in 1989 is when I learned to look behind 
             E        E 
Like nothing happened 

            G                               A 
You know it always comes too soon, not even halfway to the moon 
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You burn excuses on your lips 
             G                               A 
Yeah, it was such a marble time, the year of 1989 
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You know, the time that I can't put behind 


 
       Gmaj7 
Let it spin 
        Em 
Lose or win (the time that I can't leave behind) 
     Bm        Bm 
Next of kin 
                      D              A   A   A 
It feels like this is just a simple halo 


 
                     Em 
We'd go to where you want to go 
    A          Bm    Bm 
And hurry no morre 
                     Dmaj7 
We'd be the ones who say goodbye 
       C#                 C# 
That's what we're here for 


Outro: 
Gmaj7 A Bm Bm 
Gmaj7 A F#m F#m 
(x3)