Chords for John Cougar Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb (1988)

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G]
Well, I lived on [Am] Alcatraz [G] _
in a [Am] room far out, baby,
[G] _ where my brothers [Am] and friends were at.
[G] _ There was [A] always something [Em] to it.
I made a couple [Bm] of real nice girlfriends
[Am] that liked to see [C] me every once in a while.
[Em] _ When I think back [Bm] about those [Am] days,
all I _ [C] can say is [G] smile.
_ That's [Am] when the folk was fun,
[G] _ _ and [Am] groovin' and scroovin'
and [G] _ _ dancin' [Am] and everything. _ _
[G] _ We were [Am] young and we were [G] improving,
laughing, laughing [Am] with our friends. _
[G] _ Holding hands [Am] meant something, [G] baby.
Outside the [Am] club, cherry [G] bomb,
_ our hearts [C] were really pumping.
[G] Say yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ Say yeah, [G] yeah, yeah.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
The winter [D] [Am] days, they last forever.
[G] But the weekends [Am] went by so [G] quick.
We went riding around [Am] little country [G] town.
We were blowin' nuts, girl, [Am] out in our [Em] state.
One night, me with [Bm] my big mouth,
[Am] a couple guys had to put me [C] in my [Em] place.
When I see those [Bm] guys these days,
we [Am] just laugh and say,
do [C] you remember _ [G]
when?
_ [Am] That's when the folk was fun, _
[G] _ and groovin' [Am] and scroovin' _ _
[G] _ and dancin' [Am] and everything. _ _
[G] We were [Am] young and we were [G] improving,
laughing, laughing [Am] with our friends.
[G] _
_ Holding hands [Am] meant something, [G] baby.
Outside the [Am] club, [Em] cherry bomb,
[G] _
_ our [Em] hearts were really [Am] pumping.
[G] Say yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ [Am] _ Say [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G]
Say _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ [Am] Say [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [G] _ _ Seventeen had [Am] done thirty-five.
[G] _ _ I'm [A] surprised that we're still [G] living
if we've done [Am] any wrong. _
[G] _ _ I [Am] hope that we're [Em] forgiven.
_ Got a few [Bm] kids of my own.
[Am] Some days I still [C] don't know what to do.
[Em] I hope that they're not [Bm] laughing too loud
[Am] when they hear me talking like [C] this to you.
[G] _ _ That's when the [Am] folk was [G] fun,
_ _ and groovin' and [D] [Am] scroovin' _
[G] _ _ and dancin' and [Am] everything. _
_ [G] We were [Am] young and we were [G] improving,
laughing, laughing [Am] with our friends.
[G] _ Holding hands [Am] meant so much, [G]
baby.
Outside the [Am] club, cherry [G] bomb, _
_ our hearts [C] were really pumping.
Say [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [Am] _ Say [G] yeah, yeah, yeah.
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