Eighteen

| G | G C | G | D | G (It) was a summer night C I took off in my old man's car G D Rolled the windows right on down G I cranked up the radio C And chased a meteor G D On a dirt road out of town C Tonight G There's a bonfire in Walker's field C Tonight G In the firelight our dreams revealed C Tonight G You can chase away your high school years Am C Shadows dancing wildly at the scene Am But I never knew right then C Just what it means G To be eighteen | G C | G | D | G The voice of Jimmy Aberdeen C Still washes over me G D He had a laugh like a thunder cloud G He's holding blue spray paint C Jimmy was no saint G D But he could always draw the crowd C That night G We climbed the water tower in Walker's field C That night G Above the lights of town our fates were sealed C That night G Jimmy fell down through the darkness Am C An ambulance brought silence to the scene Am And carried off the life C And broken dreams G Of Jimmy Aberdeen | G C | G | D | | G | C | G | C | | Am | C | Am | C | G Now the years have passed C The cabbie taps the glass G We're outside D My reunion hall G He leaves me to the night C I can count the satellites G I see the tower D Looming tall C Tonight G I'm taking on my memory C Tonight G I climbed the water tower for all to see C Tonight G I painted steel with cobalt blue Am Spelling out C My graduation year Am Above the highway C That took me out of here Am And I finally think C I really know what it means G To be eighteen C Eighteen G Eighteen | G | G C | G | D |