The Hold Steady – Massive Nights (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro] B E F# E x2 [Verse]
    B
The guys were feeling good about their

E           F# E
liquor run

    B
The girls were kinda flirting with the

E           F# E
setting sun

   B
We all kinda fumbled through the

E           F# E
Jitterbug

        B                      E
We were all powered up on some new

          F# E
upper drug

B                      E
Everyone was funny and everyone was pretty

    F#
And everyone was coming towards the

E
center of the city

B
 The dance floor was crowded,

    E
the bathrooms were worse

   F#
We kissed in your car and we

E
drank from your purse
[Bridge]
G#m
  I had my mouth on her nose

C#m
 When the chaperone said that we were

E
dancing too close
[Chorus]
            B               E
We had some massive nights (woh-oh-oh-oh)

      F#               E
every song was right (woh-oh-oh-oh)

         B              E
All that wine was tight (woh-oh-oh-oh)

         F#
And your friends were pretty cool

E
(woh-oh-oh-oh)
And my friends were acting cool
[Verse]
          B                   E
And there weren't any fights

        F#                  E
There's usually one or two (usually one or two)

     B                           E
Some guys they get a little bit uptight

     F#                          E
Some girls they got something to prove
(usually one or two)
            B             E
We had some massive highs

            F#             E
We had some crushing lows

            B                 E
We had some lusty little crushes

             F#                E
We had those all ages hardcore matinee shows
[Bridge]
G#m
  I was down on my knees when the

C#m                        E
chaperone said that it was time for me to leave
[Chorus]
            B               E
We had some massive nights (woh-oh-oh-oh)

          F#              E
And every song was right (woh-oh-oh-oh)

         B               E
All that wine was tight (woh-oh-oh-oh)

         F#
And your friends were pretty cool

E
(woh-oh-oh-oh)
And my friends were acting cool

          B                   E
And there weren't any fights (woh-oh-oh-oh)

        F#                  E
There's usually one or two (usually one or two)

     B                           E
Some guys they get a little bit uptight

(woh-oh-oh-oh)

     F#                          E
Some girls they got something to prove (there’s usually one or two)

            B               E
We had some massive nights (woh-oh-oh-oh)

            F#              E
We had some massive nights (woh-oh-oh-oh)

           B               E
We had some massive nights (woh-oh-oh-oh)

            F#              E
We had some massive nights (woh-oh-oh-oh)
[Chorus]
             C#             F#
We had some massive nights (woh-oh-oh-oh)

          G#              F#
and every song was right (woh-oh-oh-oh)

             C#          F#
All that wine was tight (woh-oh-oh-oh)

     G#
Your friends were pretty cool

F#
(woh-oh-oh-oh)
And my friends were acting cool
[Outro]
C#
  She had the gun in her mouth

E
  And she was shooting up at her dreams

G#                        B        F#
 When the chaperone said that we'd been

E
crowned The king and the queen