High School

Chords

Standard

A D E (x4)

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bubble gum and house parties when you stole your parent's rum 
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and tried to screw everything that could breathe 
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back in high school we didn't have a whole lot to do 
A						     D		E
we watched the world go by on the television screen 
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said it's the 90's kids that's way out this is way in 
A					D		E
go beat each other up on the dance floor 
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told us drugs were no good but then we smoked 'em and liked 'em 
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so much that we smoked a little more 
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we liked 'em so much that we smoked a little more 

A		       D
then I call your name 
           E	A				       D		E
did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you?
 A	      D	         E	         A
your so the same but your so different 
                     D		E
I didn't recognize you 

A			   D	 E
it's kinda hard with all that sexual confusion 
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sometimes you don't know if you're gay or straight 
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but what's the difference it's a wonderful illusion 
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most times you won't make it past second base 
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I'm in a band we kinda suck but we don't know it yet 
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and I don't care anyway 
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cuz soon I'm gonna sell these drums, pay my rent, support my kid
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and tell him all about way back in daddy's day 
    A				     D		E
I'll tell him all about way back in daddy's day 






A		       D
then I call your name 
           E	A				       D		E
did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you?
 A	      D	         E	         A
your so the same but your so different 
                     D		E
I didn't recognize you

A D E (6x)

A		         D		E
some years later by a soda coolerator 
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in a corner store back in my home town 
A				D		            E
this stranger smiles at me, said "remember the class of '93?" 
A						D		E
and for some reason it makes him look real proud 
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after all the good times he said we had he looks at me, scratches his head
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and asked me where the hell I have went 
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and the funny thing is that I never even knew him but he coulda been
       A				 D		E
any one of my high school friends 


A		       D
then I call your name 
           E	A				       D		E
did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you?
 A	      D	         E	         A
your so the same but your so different 
                     D		E
I didn't recognize you

A		      D		E
then I call you name 
A		     		    D		E
singin' that song that I wrote for you 
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singin' that song I wrote for you 
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just singin' that song that I wrote for you

A D E (4x)