Twenty-One Chords by Corey Smith

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_ _ _ When [E] I was [A] only 17 [E] I couldn't wait for [A] 21 [E] I'd hang [A] around on Clayton [B] Street in [E] the bars
[A] they're getting drunk [E] A baseball cap and a fake ID would get me [A] in
the clubs [B] [E] Then I would dance with the college girls and
lie about who I was I'd say I'm pre-med here at [B] UGA [E] live on Village
Avenue I was raised over in Buckhead I'd drive a
BMW [B] I [E] was breaking hearts and taking names and
numbers just for [A] fun Stealing kisses wishing [B] I was [E] 21
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[B] _ Thursdays [A] came and pocket [E] change would quickly [A] disappear
Upstairs at Lowry's Tavern [E] we'd pay a nickel for the [A] beer
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[E] Shooting pools smoking cigarettes with a dizzy head and a [A] grin
[B] At 4 a.m. on [A] a school [E] night still hanging out with my friends
One hour sleep on a dirty couch no shower after [A] school
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Smelling just like a brewery with [E] a bad hangover too
The teachers all [F#m] would [B] hassle me [E] stay awake pay [A] attention
I was catching hell wishing I was [E] 21 [A] The [E] _
youngest one of all my friends
I [B] didn't ask my age [C#m] Too cool [B] for the [E] football games and [F#m] the homecoming [B] parades
Now I'm somewhere [F#m] in the gray [B] of middle class and middle age
The man in the mirror looks more like my [C#m] father every day
[B] [E] My clothes are out of fashion my [A] hair is getting thin
[E] And my favorite conversation [B] starts [E] with I remember when
Still we go down to that college town dancing at the 80s bar
[B] [E] We drink until we feel a whole lot cooler than we [B] are
Then I [E] look at all those college [E] girls so innocent [A] and young
And I just check them out and say [F#m] damn I [B] wish I was [E] 21
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