Summer Of Love

A E When I was fifteen and a man of the world D I was madly in love with a Catholic girl Bm D She had gray Irish eyes and the whitest of teeth Bm E And a body that left the whole neighborhood weak A E It was the body of a fully grown woman should have D In the spring of her years, in the summer of love Bm D And for gentlemen callers, she had a dozen or more Bm E But I was the one her dad let in the door A E And in the small hours, with the whole town asleep D I'd crawl out my window and climb down my tree Bm D I'd light up a cigarette and walk to her house Bm E And I'd climb to her window to lure her out A E And we’d go down to the park and lie in the grass D And we'd talk about life as it flew by so fast Bm D And sometimes she'd kiss me, sometimes she'd let me Bm E Touch her in the dark where I hadn't touched yet A E And sometimes at her window I thought I would die D E She’d already be out with some other guy A A/G# A/F# E Shawn, where have you gone D A It's nineteen sixty-eight, the Beatles are on A A/G# A/F# D I've got nine cigarettes, that should last till dawn Bm E A E Shawn, where have you gone A E There was Bobby and Barry, Paul, Jim and Rick D You were so friendly I was literally sick Bm D But when we were together I was more or less lost Bm E Although I did what you told me, whatever the cost A E Sometimes I would help you when you'd babysit kids D But for all that we knew they'd be dead in their cribs Bm D It was late in October, I think, when I heard Bm E Everybody was talking, spreading the word A E Did you hear Shawn's pregnant, but she's keeping the kid D And she's not telling anyone who the guy is Bm D When I saw you I didn't know quite what to say Bm E Though I wasn't the only one speechless that day A A week later we learned that you’d dropped out of school D And all your old suitors were playing it cool Bm D So I went to your house and I climbed up your tree Bm E And all that I knew was it couldn't be me A E You had left town, and you never came back D E And later I learned that the baby was black A A/G# A/F# E Shawn, where have you gone D A It's nineteen sixty-eight, the Beatles are on A A/G# A/F# D I've got nine cigarettes, that should last till dawn Bm E A E Shawn, where have you gone A E Now it's twenty years later, and I'm still the guy D With the fly-away hair and the smoke in his eye Bm D It's our high-school reunion, everyone's here Bm E Playing down the effects of the drugs and the beer A E We are balding and grey, overweight and just tired D So is the rock 'n' roll band someone hired Bm D Paul and Barry, and Jim, Rick and Bob Bm E Are all happy and healthy, though Jim lost his job A E We are married with children, mortgages too D And we can't believe all the things we used to do Bm D We can still sing along to that song by the Byrds Bm E Though it's harder each year to remember the words A E But we look back and laugh, the memories are warm D And we still raise a glass to the old blue and orange Bm D And the music is playing a tune from that year Bm E And all I can think is that you should be here A E Because while we wax nostalgic, wistful, or sad D Still we celebrate something that you never had Bm D A chance to grow slowly, a chance to find peace Bm E You became an adult in thirty-six weeks A E And while we were enjoying the time to be young D You were somewhere alone taking care of your son Bm D And it's not mine to say, to forgive or forget Bm E And I wouldn't presume that you're full of regret A E But I wish you could see how we've turned into men D Now that we're all reunited again Bm D And I wish I could see you though I can't make amends Bm E For abandoning you when you needed your friends A E And I wish I could know that you're doing all right D Because your name came up several times here today Bm D It was a magical mystery tour we were on Bm E And a long winding road we're still traveling, Shawn A E When I was fifteen and a man of the world D I was madly in love with a girl in school