Originally in D, I play in G
Highest note that matters is the 6 (“our song is the slammin’ screen *door*”)
Intro
| G | Am | C | D |
| x2 |
Vox on the 1
| G | Am | |
| I was | riding shotgun with my | hair undone |
| C | D | |
| In the | front seat of his | car |
| G | Am | |
| He’s got a | one-hand feel on the | steering wheel |
| C | D | |
| The | other on my | heart |
| G | Am |
| I look around, turn the | radio down |
| C | D | |
| He says | baby is something | wrong? |
Extra two beats, then hard stop after “song”
| G | Am | C | D | |
| I | say nothing I was | just thinking how | we don’t have a | song, and he says |
Vox on the 5
| G | Am |
| Our song is the | slamming screen door |
| C | D |
| Sneakin’ out late, tapping | on your window |
| G | Am | C |
| When we’re on the p | hone and you talk r | eal slow |
| D | G | |
| Cause it’s | late and your mama don’t | know |
| G | Am |
| Our song is the | way you laugh |
| C | D | |
| The | first date man, I didn’t | kiss her, and I should have |
All three of these lines start with 1 2 3 2 1 of the key
| Am | D |
| And when I got | home |
| D | Am |
| ‘Fore I said a | men |
Extra two beats, then hard stop after “he”
| Am | G/B | C | G | |
| Asking g | od i | f | he could play it aga | in |
| G | Am | C | D |
| G | Am |
| I was walking up the | front porch steps |
| C | D | |
| After | everything | that day |
| G | Am | |
| Had | gone all wrong and been | trampled on |
| C | D | |
| And | lost and thrown a... | way |
| G | Am |
| Got to the hallway, | well on my way |
| C | D |
| To my lovin’ | bed |
| G | Am | |
| I | almost didn’t notice | all the roses |
No hard stop, no extra beats this time
| C | D |
| And the note that | said |
Vox on the 5
| G | Am |
| Our song is the | slamming screen door |
| C | D |
| Sneakin’ out late, tapping | on your window |
| G | Am | C |
| When we’re on the p | hone and you talk r | eal slow |
| D | G | |
| Cause it’s | late and your mama don’t | know |
| G | Am |
| Our song is the | way you laugh |
| C | D | |
| The | first date man, I didn’t | kiss her, and I should have |
| Am | D | Am |
| And when I got | home, ‘fore I said a | men |
Extra beats, but *no* hard stop after “he”
| Am | G/B | C | G | |
| Asking g | od i | f | he could play it aga | in |
Solo
| G | Am | C | D | |
| G | Am | C | D | D |
Let ring
Vox on the 5 of the key (4 of the chord) on “heard”
| Am | Am | C | C | |
| I’ve | heard every | album, listened | to the radi | o |
| G | D | Am |
| Waited for | something to | come along |
| C | |
| That was as | good as our song |
Quiet
| G | Am |
| ‘Cause our song is the | slamming screen door |
Syncopated on “on his window”
| C | D | G |
| Sneaking out late, tapping | on his win | dow |
| G | Am | C |
| When we’re on the p | hone and he talks real | slow |
| D | G | |
| Cause it’s late | and his mama don’t | know |
Band back in
| G | Am |
| Our song is the | way he laughs |
| C | D | |
| The | first date man, I didn’t | kiss him, and I should have |
| Am | D | Am |
| And when I got | home, ‘fore I said | amen |
| Am | G/B | C | G | |
| Asking g | od i | f | he could play it aga | in |
| G | Am | C | D |
| Play it again |
| G | Am | C | D |
| Oh yeah |
| G | Am | C | D |
| Ooh oh | yeah |
Let ring
| G | Am | |
| I was | riding shotgun with my | hair undone |
| C | D | |
| In the | front seat of his | car |
| G | Am |
| I grabbed a pen and an | old napkin |
Hang the IV
| C | |
| And I | wrote down our song |