1989 Chords

Gmaj7 (320002)
Dmaj7 (xx0222)
Em/G  (322000)
 
 
[Intro]
Gmaj7 A Bm Bm (x2)
 
 
[Verse 1]
            G                   A
Oh, back in 1989, you must have been there at the time
            Bm                   Bm
To feel the weightlessness of old
        G                           A
Failing history in class, you could smile at that, I guess
                F#m          F#m
If you think it happened
 
           G                                  A
Some still have a piece of wall, or aimed too high before the fall
       Bm                   Bm
Others simply failed to show
              G               A
'Cause it was 1989, if it was any other time
    F#m         F#m
I'd know
 
 
[Bridge]
         Gmaj7
Touch my skin
       Em
Where you been?
     Bm        Bm
Say I'm in
                    D              A  E  E
It feels like it is just a simple halo
 
 
[Verse 2]
                 G                     A
I know it should take a little less to find a little rest
         Bm                    Bm
From the moon and from the tide
            G                  A
But back in 1989, I fought the battles that were mine
             F#m        F#m
I think they happened
 
       G                             A
'Cause I was first and I was last to read too much into the past
        Bm                      Bm
Through ashes and through embers
           G                                  A
Was it now in the snow or early spring, did I break a thumb or another limb?
        F#m          F#m
I don't remember
 
 
[Bridge]
         Gmaj7
Touch my skin
       Em
Where you been?
     Bm        Bm
Say I'm in
                    D              A  E  E
It feels like it is just a simple halo
 
 
[Chorus]
                     Em
We'd go to where the sailors go
   A               Bm      Bm
Salute the unmoored
                     Dmaj7
We'd be the ones who say goodbye
       C#                 C#
That's what we're here for
 
 
[Interlude]
G A Bm Bm
G A F#m F#m
 
 
[Verse 3]
        Em                         Em/G
All the azaleas in their prime, an imaginary shrine
         Bm                   Bm
They are frozen in their bloom
               F#m            F#m
'Cause back in 1989 is when I learned to look behind
             E        E
Like nothing happened
 
            G                               A
You know it always comes too soon, not even halfway to the moon
         Bm                  Bm
You burn excuses on your lips
             G                               A
Yeah, it was such a marble time, the year of 1989
              F#m               F#m
You know, the time that I can't put behind
 
 
[Bridge]
       Gmaj7
Let it spin
        Em
Lose or win (the time that I can't leave behind)
     Bm        Bm
Next of kin
                      D              A   A   A
It feels like this is just a simple halo
 
 
[Chorus]
                     Em
We'd go to where you want to go
    A          Bm    Bm
And hurry no morre
                     Dmaj7
We'd be the ones who say goodbye
       C#                 C#
That's what we're here for
 
 
[Outro]
Gmaj7 A Bm Bm
Gmaj7 A F#m F#m
(x3)
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