An Ode To The Nite Ratz Club

DM7 4x DM7 DM7 The gas inside the combustion engine B7sus2 A Took away all of the mystery and adventure D D From the walk to your house in the dark D B7sus2 So that we could stay out all night long A D And be king of all the roads D D And the woods and the lake B7sus2 Or anything we chose A D Because everything was ours D B7sus2 And we would spraypaint "NRC" A D So everyone would know B7sus2* We would break into the factory D* Our childhood autonomy F#m* E* Had no respect for authority or property B7sus2* Or your asshole neighbors' complaints D* And I still have all the keys F#m* E* To the forklifts that we never got a chance to drive around Or tear the building down ourselves B7sus2 D But from the top of the water tower F#m We spilled our guts on one another E And we compiled them together B7sus2 And we all shared the same heart D And we hated all construction F#m But we loved all their machines E And they hated our destruction And we picked their locks apart B7sus2 A D And we thought we were damn clever B7sus2 Because they never kept us out A D And we thought we'd live forever Until the night when B7sus2 It got way too serious D And you showed me your damaged wrists F#m And you broke down and we embraced E And nothing at that time meant more to me B7sus2 D And if I had only known that it would be the last time F#m E We'd be on that level with one another I would have never let you go B7sus2 D F#m E (4x) B7sus2 D And I still walk those paths at night, but now just on my own F#m E B7sus2 I recite to myself every story in hopes that I will never let them go D F#m And I'll hold on to every Polaroid from France and Rome E And remember the nights at the Alamo B7sus2 As if it were my second home D And I know that we had no idea what we were doing F#m But an artist's first work can be his greatest E Under a different set of lenses B7sus2 D And our ideas of staying close together for all time F#m E I wish I still had that same state of mind