| D | G | |
| We | , we were always on the run |
| D | |
| From that old w | itch up the street |
| G | |
| In the days when I was | young |
| D | G | |
| Ride, ride our bikes on into t | own |
| D | |
| For some ho | ckey cards |
| G | |
| And whatever trouble may be f | ound |
| A | G | |
| I can never brin | g them back |
| D | G | A | Em | A | |
| But these da | ys remain | inside the ve | ry heart of me |
| A | G | |
| My memories are whit | e and black |
| D | G | A | Em | A | |
| But the song's the same it | plays in every | part of me |
| D | G | |
| Down, down was only a dire | ction |
| D | G | |
| and sad | , sad was only on | tv |
| D | G | |
| An | d I, had faith and I had pro | tection |
| (Chorus) |
| A | D | |
| I | still look ba | ck |
| A | G | A | |
| The | summer sun shining, A ligh | t was always shining on | me |
| D | A | D | |
| I was go | ne with the feel | of her lips on my very fir | st kiss |
| A | D | |
| And it se | ems so long |
| A | G | |
| Since I le | ft it all behind in the back | of my mind, |
| in the back of my mind |
| D | G | |
| Choking on cigarettes in the | park |
| D | G | |
| Chasing my old dog around the y | ard |
| D | |
| Hanging out on the street |
| G | |
| until da | rk and then its time to go home |
| (Chorus) |
| A | G | D | G | |
| Snow was always fal | ling down and the so | und remains insi | de |
| A | Em | A | |
| The very he | art of me |
| A | G | |
| My mother waving fro | m the porch |
| D | G | A | Em | A | |
| And the si | ght of it still pl | ays in every pa | rt of me |
| (Bridge x2) |
| End on D |