Originally in F, I play in D capo 2
| D | C | G | Bm | A |
| → | x2 |
Vox on the 5
| D | C | |
| It was | Labor Day weekend I was | seventeen |
| G |
| I bought a Coke and some gasoline |
| D | C | G | G | A |
| And I drove | out to the county | fair | → |
| D | C |
| And when I saw her for the | first time |
| G | |
| She was | standing there in the ticket line |
| D | C | G | G | A |
| And it all | started right then and | there | → |
Vox still on the 5 of the key, which is the 2 of the chord
| G | A | |
| Oh a s | ailor sky made a p | erfect sunset |
| G/B | A/C# |
| And that’s a day I’ll | never forget |
| D | A | |
| I had a | barbecue stain on my | white t-shirt |
| G | A | |
| She was | killing me in that | mini skirt |
| D | A | Bm | A | G | A |
| Skipping rocks on the | river by the railroad | tracks → | → | → |
| D | A | |
| She had a | suntan line and | red lipstick |
| Em | F#m | G | A | |
| I | worked so | hard for | that first | kiss |
| Bm | A | G | A | D | |
| And a | heart | don’t for | get | something like | that |
| D | C | G | Bm | A |
| → |
| D | C | |
| Well it was | five years later on a | southbound plane |
| G | |
| I was | headed down to New Orleans |
| D | C | G | G | A |
| To meet some friends of | mine for Mardi | Gras | → |
| D | C |
| When I heard a | voice from the past |
| G |
| Coming from a few rows back |
| D | C | G | G | A | |
| And when I | looked I couldn’t be | lieve just what I | saw | → |
| G | A | |
| She said I | bet you don’t reme | mber me |
| G/B | A/C# | |
| And I said, | only every other me | mory |
| D | A | |
| I had a | barbecue stain on my | white t-shirt |
| G | A | |
| You were | killing me in that | mini skirt |
| D | A | Bm | A | G | A |
| Skipping rocks on the | river by the railroad | tracks → | → | → |
| D | A | |
| You had a | suntan line and | red lipstick |
| Em | F#m | G | A | |
| I | worked so | hard for | that first | kiss |
| Bm | A | G | A | D | |
| And a | heart | don’t for | get | something like | that |
Solo
| D | C | G | Bm | A |
| → | x2 |
Vox on the 5 of the key again, now it’s the 4 of the chord
| Em7 | D |
| Like an old photograph, time can | make a feeling fade |
| G | A | |
| But the | memory of the first love | never fades away |
Let ring
| D | A | |
| I had a | barbecue stain on my | white t-shirt |
| G | A | |
| She was | killing me in that | mini skirt |
Band enters on “tracks”
| D | A | Bm | A | G | A |
| Skipping rocks on the | river by the railroad | tracks → | → | → |
| D | A | |
| She had a | suntan line and | red lipstick |
| Em | F#m | G | A | |
| I | worked so | hard for | that first | kiss |
| Bm | A | G | |
| And a | heart | don’t fo | rget, no |
| Bm | A | G | |
| And a | heart | don’t for | get, I said |
| Bm | A | G | A | D | |
| A | heart | don’t fo | rget | something like | that |
| D | C | G | Bm | A |
| Oh not | something like that |
| D | C | G | Bm | A |
| → |
| D |