^Am After school,^C walkin home ^DFresh dirt under my fingernails and ^Am I can smell^C hot asphalt ^D Cars screech to a halt to let me pass ^Am And I can^Cnot remember ^D What life was like through photographs ^Am And trying ^Cto recreate images life gives us from the past

And sometimes its a ^Dsad song. But I Chorus ^F Cannot for^Cget, refuse to re^Amgret So glad I ^Gmet you and ^F Take my breath a^Cway Make every^Amday Worth all of the ^Gpain that I've gone through ^F And mama, I've been cryin' Cause ^Amthings ain't how they used^G to be She said, 'The ^Fbattle's almost won And we're ^Ddimonly several mi-^Eles from the sun^Am.' ^C O-wo-^Dho-o-o-o-o-^Amoh, yeah^{C D}

And I'm^Am movin on,^C down my street ^D I see people I won't ever meet ^Am I think of her, take a breath ^D Feel the beat in the rhythm of my ^Amsteps

And sometimes its a ^Dsad song. But I Chorus ^F Cannot for^Cget, refuse to re^Amgret So glad I ^Gmet you and ^F Take my breath a^Cway Make every^Amday Worth all of the ^Gpain that I've gone through ^F And mama, I've been cryin' Cause ^Amthings ain't how they used^G to be She said, 'The ^Fbattle's almost won And we're ^Ddimonly several mi-^Eles from the sun^Am.' ^C

^Am Rhythm of the conversation ^E7 The perfection of her creation ^Am The sex she slipped into my coffee ^E7 The way she felt when she first saw me ^Am Hate to love and love to hate her ^E7 Like a broken record player ^Am Back and forth and here and gone and ^E7on and on and on and on!

^F Cannot for^Cget, refuse to re^Amgret So glad I ^Gmet you and ^F Take my breath a^Cway Make every^Amday Worth all of the ^Gpain that I've gone through ^F And mama, I've been cryin' Cause ^Amthings ain't how they used^G to be She said, 'The ^Fbattle's almost won And we're ^Ddimonly several mi-^Ei-i-iles Said, 'The ^Fbattle's almost won And we're o^Ddimnly several mi-l^Ees from the sun.^Am' ^C D Am Yea-A...-A-ah Chords Am,C,D continues till end.