Originally in A, I play in D
Intro
| D | F#m | G | Gm |
Vox on the 5 on “sit”
| D |
| As I sit in this smoky room |
| F#m |
| The night about to end |
| C |
| I pass my time with strangers |
| G | |
| But this | bottle’s my only friend |
| D |
| Rememberin’ when we used to park out |
| F#m |
| Butler Street out in the dark |
| C |
| Remember when we lost the keys |
| G | |
| And | you lost more than that in my backseat, baby |
| D |
| Remember how we used to talk |
| F#m | |
| About | busting out, we’d break their hearts |
| C | G/B | C | G | |
| To | geth | er, for | eve | r |
| D | F#m | |
| Never | say goodbye, never | say goodbye |
| G |
| You and me and my old friends |
| Gm |
| Hoping it would never end |
| D | F#m |
| Say goodbye, never | say goodbye |
| G |
| Holdin’ on we’ve gotta try |
| Gm |
| Holdin’ on to never say goodbye |
| D | F#m | G | Gm |
| D |
| Remember days of skipping school |
| F#m |
| Racing cars and being cool |
| C | |
| With a | six pack and the radio |
| G | |
| We | didn’t need no place to go |
| D |
| Remember at the prom that night |
| F#m |
| You and me, we had a fight |
| C | |
| But the | band, they played our favorite song |
| G | |
| And I | held you in my arms so strong |
| D | |
| We | danced so close, we danced so slow |
| F#m | |
| And I s | wore I’d never let you go |
| C | G/B | C | G | |
| To | geth | er, for | eve | r |
| D | F#m | |
| Never | say goodbye, never | say goodbye |
| G |
| You and me and my old friends |
| Gm |
| Hoping it would never end |
| D | F#m |
| Say goodbye, never | say goodbye |
| G |
| Holdin’ on we’ve gotta try |
| Gm | D |
| Holdin’ on to never say goodb | ye |
Solo
| D | F#m | G | A# | C |
| → |
| D | F#m | G | A# | C |
| O | oh |
| D | |
| And I | guess you’d say we used to talk |
| F#m | |
| About | busting out, we’d break their hearts |
| C | G/B | C | G | |
| Tog | eth | er, for | eve | r |
| D | F#m | |
| Never s | ay goodbye, never s | ay goodbye |
| G |
| You and me and my old friends |
| Gm |
| Hoping it would never end |
| D | F#m |
| Say goodbye, never | say goodbye |
| G |
| Holdin’ on we’ve gotta try |
| Gm | D |
| Holdin’ on to never say good | bye |
| D | F#m | G | Gm |
| Yeah |
| D | F#m | G | Gm |
| D |