Suburban Legends

C                   Am              
 You had people who called you on 
          F 
Unmarked numbers 

In my peripheral vision 
C                      Am                    
 I let it slide like a hose on a slippery 
         F 
Plastic summer 

All was quickly forgiven 
C               Am                    F 
 You were so magnetic it was almost obnoxious 
                           C 
Flush with the currency of cool 
                     Am           F 
I was always turnin' out my empty pockets 
    G 
And when it came to you 


C        Am 
I didn't come here to make friends 
        F          G 
We were born to be suburban legends 
         C           Am 
When you hold me, it holds me together 
        F                             G 
And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw me 

Up forever 


C                       Am         
 I had the fantasy that maybe our 
             F 
Mismatched star signs 

Would surprise the whole school 
C                Am                  F 
 When I ended up back at our class reunion 

Walkin' in with you 
C                     Am                F 
 You'd be more than a chapter in my old diaries 

With the pages ripped out 
C                   Am       F 
 I am standing in a 1950s gymnasium 
    G 
And I can still see you now 


C        Am 
I didn't come here to make friends 
        F          G 
We were born to be suburban legends 
         C           Am 
When you hold me, it holds me together 
        F                             G 
And you kiss me in a way that's gonna screw 

Me up forever 
C           Am 
I know that you still remember 
        F          G 
We were born to be national treasures 
         C            Am 
When you told me we'd get back together 
        F                               G 
And you kissed me in a way that's gonna screw 

Me up forever 

Final:

C                 Am                      F 
 Tick-tock on the clock, I pace down your block 

I broke my own heart 'cause you were too 
          C 
Polite to do it 
                   Am                   F 
Waves crash on the shore, I dash to the door 

You don't knock anymore and my whole life's 
C 
Ruined 
                 Am                      F 
Tick-tock on the clock, I pace down your block 

I broke my own heart 'cause you were too polite 
    C 
To do it 
                   Am                   F 
Waves crash on the shore, I dash to the door 
                   G                 C     Am  F 
You don't knock anymore and I always knew it 
G                      C Am F  G  C 
 That my life would be ruined