18 Summers

Intro:
F#  C#/F  D#m  F#/A#  H  F#/A#  H  C#
Verse:
  F#                         C#/F
One, we didn’t sleep at all
     D#m                   F#/A#
Two, was footsteps down the hall
       H                  F#/A#                       H   C#
Three, you’re jumping to me in the pool
    F#                           C#/F
Four was princess dressing up
     D#m                    F#/A#
Five was tea in plastic cups
   H                           F#/A#                   H  C#
Six, you got your backpack off to school

Pre-Chorus:
                 G#m           F#/A#    H
Can’t believe how fast it flies
                          G#m        F#/A#   H           C#
They always say don’t blink, now I know why

Chorus:
 F#                     C#/F
18 summers gone like that
 D#m                   F#/A#
18 years you don’t get back
 H                 F#/A#
18 trips around the sun, 
   H                            C#
don’t it make you wonder
             F#                            C#/F
Why holding time’s like holding sand
   D#m                       F#/A#
Always slipping through my hands
        H                     F#/A#               G#m
What I’d give to hold you for another
C#                   F#
18 summers

Instrumental:
F#  C#/F  D#m  F#/A#     H  F#/A#  H  C#
                       18 summers

Verse 2:
     F#                     C#/F                
Seven was the Disney trip
    D#m                       F#/A#
Eight was singing Taylor Swift
    H                            F#/A#
Nine was bedtime prayers 
                         H              C#
and saying “Jesus I believe”
   F#                              C#/F
Ten, eleven, like a weed you grew
      D#m                       F#/A#  
Twelve, thirteen, well, middle school
     H                                  F#/A#
Fourteen, high school’s coming 
                       H                       C#
and you’re way too cool for me

Pre-Chorus:
                   G#m          F#/A#  H
Can’t believe how fast it flies

Chorus:
 F#                     C#/F
18 summers gone like that
 D#m                   F#/A#
18 years you don’t get back
 H                 F#/A#
18 trips around the sun, 
   H                            C#
don’t it make you wonder
             F#                            C#/F
Why holding time’s like holding sand
   D#m                       F#/A#
Always slipping through my hands
        H                     F#/A#               G#m
What I’d give to hold you for another
C#                   F#
18 summers

Instrumental:
F#  C#/F  D#m  F#/A#  H  F#/A#  H  C#

Bridge:
   H
Fifteen, first boy broke your heart
F#/A#
Sixteen, driving daddy’s car
   G#m 
Seventeen, you’re wild and free,
                   F#                         G#m  F#/A#
 and I’m waiting up for you
              H
Then there you stood, cap and gown
                 F#/A#
And I’m smiling as I think about
              G#m          F#/A#                  H   H
How every one before’s what led us to

Verse 3:
     F#                            C#/F
Dorm room number 205
           D#m                      F#/A#
A grown man trying not to cry
                 H                  F#/A#            H
Can’t wait to see all you’re gonna do
             F#                                 C#/F
Your mom and me and two aching hearts
       D#m                      F#/A#
Driving home in an empty car
        H                            F#/A#             H
Thanking God for the gift of raising you

For 18 summers

Outro:
F#  C#/F  D#m  F#/A#     H  F#/A#  H  C#
                       18 summers
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