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Capo 1

Chords:
Bm:    x24432
D:     x0423x
Ddim7: xx0101 or x5645x (either one works)
F#m:   244222
F#7:   x44320
E:     022100
Faug:  1432xx (I'm not sure about this part. It's a quick passing note)
F#7:   x423xx
F#7*:  x4232x

Intro:
Bm, A

    A                          D    
    Small screen, July evening view 
Ddim7           F#m         
    Up and down Grand Avenue 
F#7                    Bm
    Where the legends get made 
E                A     D
    Out with the boy's brigade 
E               A    D
    Part of the motorcade 


Bm, A


    A                         D
    Flew home from Texas last night 
Ddim7            F#m
    Slept on the flight 
F#7                      Bm
    Work like a dog all day 
E                 A      D
    Born to chase cars away 
E              A        D
    Die on the road someday 


Chorus:
                                    (not 100% sure here)
  Bm       Ddim7                       A    F#m    D  
I tried to remember what life was like long ago 
         E 
But it's gone, you know 
          (E)        A
Climb the turnbuckle high 
                      D
Take two falls out of three 
E                    A
Black out for local TV 


Bm, A


    A                               D
    Stand in these cold, empty halls 
Ddim7                         F#m
    Wait for your name to get called 
F#7                         Bm
    Burn like hillsides on fire 
                 E       A        D
    In the squall of the ringside choir 
E  A            D
    High as a wire 

Em7                                         D
    Nearly drive Danny's nose back into his brain 
Ddim7       F#m             Faug   A
    All the cheap seats go insane 


Bm, A


    A                                  D
    Keep my eyes open and try to think straight 
Ddim7                            F#m
    No one drives on the 60 this late 
F#7                               Bm
    I feel like the last person alive 
E          A                 D
    Francisquito to Glenshaw Drive 
E          A                 D


  Bm         Ddim7                  A     F#m   E   D
I tried to remember to write in the diary 
(D)     E
That my son gave me 
          (E)        A
Climb the turnbuckle high 
                      D
Take two falls out of three 
E                    A
Black out for local TV


Outro:
A, D, Ddim7, F#m
F#7*, F#7(passing note), Bm
E, A, D
E, A, D