| A9 | |
| I've | these dreams I'm walking home |
| Em9 | |
| Home when it used to be |
| A9 | |
| And ev- | ery-thing is as it was |
| Em9 | |
| Frozen in front of me |
| A9 | |
| Her | e I stand, six feet small |
| Em9 | |
| Ro- | man-ticizing years ago |
| A9 | |
| But it's a bit- | ter-sweet feeling |
| Em9 | |
| Hearing Wrapped Around Your Finger on the | radio |
| D7 | A9 | |
| And | these | days |
| D7 | A9 | |
| I | wish I was | six again |
| D7 | A9 | |
| Oh, make me a re | d | cape |
| D7 | A9 | |
| I | wanna be | Su-perman |
| Oh, if only my life |
| Am7/4 | D9 | Am7/4 | D9 | |
| Was more like | nine-teen eighty-thre | e |
| Am7/4 | |
| All these thing | s would be more |
| D9 | Am7/4 | |
| Like they | were at the start of m | e |
| C | D | A9 | |
| Had it mad | e in eigh | ty-thre | e |
| Em9 |
| A9 | |
| Think- | ing bout my brother Ben |
| Em9 | |
| I mis | s him every day |
| A9 | |
| He look | s just like his brother John |
| Em9 | |
| But on an | eighteen-month delay |
| A9 | |
| Her | e I stand, six feet small |
| Em9 | |
| And | smiling cause I'm scared as hell |
| A9 (tacet) |
| Kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie |
| Em9 (tacet) |
| Where the actors' names have changed |
| Oh, well |
| D7 | A9 | |
| Well, | these | days |
| D7 | A9 | |
| I | wish I was | six again |
| D7 | A9 | |
| Oh, make me a re | d | cape |
| D7 | A9 | |
| I | wanna be | Su-perman |
| Oh, if only my life |
| Am7/4 | D9 | Am7/4 | D9 | |
| Was more like | nine-teen eighty-thre | e |
| Am7/4 | |
| All these thing | s would be more |
| D9 | Am7/4 | D9 | |
| Like they | were at the start of m | e |
| Am7/4 | D9 | Am7/4 | D9 | |
| If my lif | e was more like | nineteen eighty-thr | ee |
| Am7 | |
| I'd plot a cours | e to the source |
| D9 | Am7 | D9 | |
| Of the | purest little part of m | e |
| C#m | F#7 | C#m | |
| And most my memorie | s have escape | d me |
| F#7 | |
| Or confused themselves with | dreams |
| B | Bm | E7sus4 | E7 | |
| If | hea-ven's all we wan | t it to be |
| Send your prayers to me |
| C7 | |
| Care of nineteen eighty-thre | e |
| D9 Asus2- Am7 |
| D9 Am7 D9 |
| Am7 | D9 | |
| You can | paint that house a | rainbow of colors |
| Am7 | D9 | Am7 | |
| Ri | p out the floorboards, | replace the shutters, but |
| D9 | Am7 | D9 | |
| That's my | plastic in the dir | t |
| Am7 | D9 | |
| Whatever happened to | my |
| Whatever happened to my |
| Am7 | D9 | |
| Whatever happened to | my lunchbox? |
| Am7 | D9 | |
| When came the | day |
| Am7 | D9 | |
| That it got | thrown a- | way |
| Am7 | |
| And don't you thin | k I should have had |
| D9 | Am7 | D9 | |
| Some | say in that deci- | sion? |
| Am7 | D9 | |
| If only my li | fe |
| Am7 | D9 | |
| If only my li | fe |
| If only my life |
| (repeat & fade) |