Bowling Alley Bar

	  		
verse 1: 

        D 
Dented cars make me think of you 
G             D 
sitting on a red leather stool 
G                   D         Bm 
drinking with your sunglasses on 
        A             G 
at the bowling alley bar. 

verse 2: 
         D 
And the sound of the crashing pins 
   G               D 
behind us when we kissed 
    G                   D       Bm 
the night I wrecked my father's car 
        A               G       (G/F#) 
behind the bowling alley bar. 

Pre-Chorus 
Em            G 
I'm so sorry Donna, 
A 
sorry about your sunglasses. 
Em                G 
I didn't mean to step on them; 
                                A 
I didn't mean to laugh when you cried. 

 
              G  D      A       D 
'Cause it was ne-ver a waste of time 
     G                 D 
to drink beer by your side 
     G         Bm     D  
and watch the fallen pins 
 A      G 
set up right again. 


INTERLUDE: 
D G D G D Bm A G 

verse 3: 
        D 
Skinny girls in tight red jeans 
G             D 
kicking cigarette machines; 
G               D    Bm 
that old woman all alone 
        A              G        (F#/G)  
dirty dancing by the phones. 

Pre-Chorus 
Em         (F#/G)  G 
Driving circles at 3am, 
          A 
throwing rocks at mailboxes, 
Em        (F#/G) G 
you could never see the stars 
                              A 
with those plastic sunglasses on. 

 
           G  D      A       D 
But it was ne-ver a waste of time 
    G                  D 
to get drunk by your side 
     G         Bm     D  
and watch the fallen pins 
 A      G                
set up right again. 


(A Bm C#m)  D