The Band And I chords

The Band And I

• Verse 1

Verse 1
          D
We played Heads Up in a car in Seattle
    Bm
God rock on the radio
                A
You look like a superstar

And Dom got into Juilliard
                      G
And I'm really bad at Heads Up, what do you know?
           D
My drummer fell for a girl in a cookie shop
                   Bm
He said he'd make a move and then he went with, "Excuse me?"
               A
Came a boy and left a man

Gotta give it to the band
                G
Greatest one in Oregon (Oregon)


Pre-Chorus
Bm                      G
And looking back, all I know is


Chorus
       D
It was Friday nights, it was video gold
           A
Oh, it was shining lights, it was rock 'n' roll
           Bm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
           G
And it was making it, messin' it up
       D
It was endless roads in the same old boots
           A
Oh, it was letting go of everything but you
           Bm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
         G                                      D
If we're livin' the dream, I hope we never wake up


Verse 2
D
Snowstorm in the middle of Texas
          Bm
Called my mother in a Denny's and lied
                   A
Told her I've been needing them

Told her you were just a friend
                G
Told her I was homesick

I hadn't thought of home twice


Pre-Chorus
Bm                               G
Driving and we drive again to an ocean
A
And I think I knew it then for a moment


Chorus
       D
It was Friday nights, it was video gold
           A
Oh, it was shining lights, it was rock 'n' roll
           Bm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
           G
And it was making it, messin' it up
       D
It was endless roads in the same old boots
           A
Oh, it was letting go of everything but you
           Bm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
         G                                      D
If we're livin' the dream, I hope we never wake up
                     A
I hope we never wake up
                     Bm
I hope we never wake up
                    G
I hope we never wake


Bridge
D
Two nights in the El Rey went flying
    Bm
I'm twenty-one and I feel evergreen
                    A
The band go home, I stay to write

We drive around, I stay the night
                 G
Guys, I'm pretty sure it's the American dream


Verse 3
       D
It was changing clocks, it was Tina stoned
           A
Oh, it was midnight stops at border control
             Bm
Yeah, it was powercuts, it was certain doom
       G
It was living in the Little Rock laundry room
           D
Oh, it was breaking down, it was falling in love
     A
In a gas station by the pick-up trucks
       Bm
In Philadelphia, it was crystal clear
           G
We are the best damn band that ever played right here


Outro
       D
It was magic band, pure and strong
           A
It was the last man standing for the Eagles song
         Bm
It was a far flung wish when we were young
          G                                         D
Now we're living the dream and I hope we never wake up

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