D  Gm  D  Gm
D  Gm  D  Gm


[Verse 1]
        D                            A
All the cool kids were wearing black high tops
G               D
  Wanted 'em so bad
           A
Ads on TV, at the school,
G            D
  Driving me mad
                  A
Run your fastest, jump your highest,
G               D
Better in every way
                               A
If my momma had bought me some PI Flyers
     G                      D
Everything might have been okay


[Interlude]
D  Gm  D  Gm


[Verse 2]
D                 A
Skip had a Fender Bassman,
     G                D
Best amplifier in the land
                         A
He couldn't play, but it   didn't matter
G          D
Got into a band
                                 A
I was pluggin' my guitar into my record player
G                      D
Sittin' in my room all day
                   A
If I'd've had me a Fender amp,
  G                       D
I might have gone all the way


[Chorus]
          Bm                  A
I used to love the sound that time made
F#m             G
Rushin' past my ears
D                   A
It's gone by in the blink of an eye,
G               D
It's been fifty years


[Interlude]
D  Gm  D  Gm


[Verse 3]
D                    A
Cindy, with a scent of danger,
G                      D
Betty with those puffy lips,
                A
Barbie reachin' through the sand
  G                 D
I touched her fingertips
                      A
Jennifer, so tall and creamy,
G                      D
Karen with her country ways
            A
I wanted to talk to them
      G                            D
But I couldn't think of nothin' to say


[Interlude]
D  Gm  D  Gm


[Verse 4]
D           A
Larry was a psycho,
G              D
  Greg, he was 'Nam,
                        A
Peter was his brother's keeper
     G                      D
Paul marched to a different drum
                  A
Dirtball, he went AWOL,
G                  D
  I ain't seen him since
               A
I wanted to be on that list,
   G              D
To leave no fingerprints


[Chorus]
          Bm                  A
I used to love the sound that time made
F#m             G
Rushin' past my ears
D                   A
It's gone by in the blink of an eye,
G               D
It's been fifty years


[Intrumental]
Bm  A  F#m G
D   A  G   D
D   Gm D   Gm
D   Gm D   Gm


[Verse 5]
          D               A
There's a ring around the moon tonight
G                       D
  It's flashing red and green
                A
Wrong or right,   stop a coke,
    G                 D
I'm wonderin' what it means
                 A
I'm sittin' here thinkin'
        G             D
About a world so long ago
                 A
A bunch of kids, sharin' some air,
G                D
People I used to know


[Interlude]
D  Gm  D  Gm


[Verse 6]
D                       A
Some are lost, some are missin',
G           D
  Some have died
                   A
There's a few that shoulda,
             G                    D
Somehow they made it to the other side
              A
Life ain't no mystery,
G                 D
Life is a one-act play
                  A
It don't wait for nobody
          G                  D
Don't let nothin' get in its way


[Chorus]
          Bm                  A
I used to love the sound that time made
F#m             G
Rushin' past my ears
    D                   A
Now it's gone by in the blink of an eye,
    G               D
But it's been fifty years


[Chorus]
          Bm                  A
I used to love the sound that time made
F#m             G
Rushin' past my ears
    D                   A
Now it's gone by in the blink of an eye,
    G               D
But it's been fifty years


[Intrumental]
D  Gm  D  Gm
D  Gm  D