Beach Towns

Am Em D C Beach towns are so quiet this time of year Am Em Along the empty boardwalk D C Where the joyous shouts still echo Am Em D A boy walks alone Am Em The sky overhead is grey D C As he walks past the ghetto Am Em D Am Abandoned by the tourists who pollute his home Prechorus 1 A5 E5 D5 A5/D Not that long ago he would have joined them A5 E5 D5 A5/D Holding the arm of a beautiful girl A G C With a pearl ring on her finger E Whooaaah A C#m D A A moment of eye contact would solidify F#m E D Where fates had aligned A C#m And when she cried out: D E “free me from this hell” D A E He obliged Am Em And then that summer D C When the place was wretched Am Em D She let the waves wash away her tears Am Em And as she walked alone D C Down the atrocious boardwalk Am Em D D/E She begged the bullet would remove her fears Prechorus 2 A5 E5 D5 A5/D From his place above the crab cake shack A5 E5 D5 A5/D And through the scope of his rifle A G C E He could tell who craved the sweet escape of death, whoaah A C#m D A A moment of eye contact would solidify F#m E D Where fates had aligned A C#m And when she cried out: D E “free me from this hell” D A E He obliged A F#m The wood planks were in need of a fresh coat of stain E D Although brown would have been better than red A E D The world is full of people who want to be dead F#m E And cause they feel his pain D He would spare them A C#m D A A moment of eye contact would solidify F#m E D Who wanted to die A C#m And all the people screamed out: D E “free us from this hell” D A E He obliged A C#m D A A moment of eye contact would solidify F#m E D Who wanted to die A C#m And all the people screamed out: D E “free us from this hell” D A E He obliged Am Em D Beach towns are so quiet this time of year