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[Verse 1]
DA
All the cool kids were wearing black high tops
GD
Wanted 'em so bad
A
Ads on TV, at the school,
GD
Driving me mad
A
Run your fastest, jump your highest,
GD
Better in every way
A
If my momma had bought me some PI Flyers
GD
Everything might have been okay
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
DA
Skip had a Fender Bassman,
GD
Best amplifier in the land
A
He couldn't play, but it didn't matter
GD
Got into a band
A
I was pluggin' my guitar into my record player
GD
Sittin' in my room all day
A
If I'd've had me a Fender amp,
GD
I might have gone all the way
[Chorus]
BmA
I used to love the sound that time made
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Rushin' past my ears
DA
It's gone by in the blink of an eye,
GD
It's been fifty years
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
DA
Cindy, with a scent of danger,
GD
Betty with those puffy lips,
A
Barbie reachin' through the sand
GD
I touched her fingertips
A
Jennifer, so tall and creamy,
GD
Karen with her country ways
A
I wanted to talk to them
GD
But I couldn't think of nothin' to say
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
DA
Larry was a psycho,
GD
Greg, he was 'Nam,
A
Peter was his brother's keeper
GD
Paul marched to a different drum
A
Dirtball, he went AWOL,
GD
I ain't seen him since
A
I wanted to be on that list,
GD
To leave no fingerprints
[Chorus]
BmA
I used to love the sound that time made
F#mG
Rushin' past my ears
DA
It's gone by in the blink of an eye,
GD
It's been fifty years
[Intrumental]
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[Verse 5]
DA
There's a ring around the moon tonight
GD
It's flashing red and green
A
Wrong or right, stop a coke,
GD
I'm wonderin' what it means
A
I'm sittin' here thinkin'
GD
About a world so long ago
A
A bunch of kids, sharin' some air,
GD
People I used to know
[Interlude]
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[Verse 6]
DA
Some are lost, some are missin',
GD
Some have died
A
There's a few that shoulda,
GD
Somehow they made it to the other side
A
Life ain't no mystery,
GD
Life is a one-act play
A
It don't wait for nobody
GD
Don't let nothin' get in its way
[Chorus]
BmA
I used to love the sound that time made
F#mG
Rushin' past my ears
DA
Now it's gone by in the blink of an eye,
GD
But it's been fifty years
[Chorus]
BmA
I used to love the sound that time made
F#mG
Rushin' past my ears
DA
Now it's gone by in the blink of an eye,
GD
But it's been fifty years
[Intrumental]
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