The Wonder Years – Oldest Daughter (Guitar)

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Just released today and it's super rough but here's the just of it [Verse 1]
D
You drift in with the wind

           D/F#                           G
And use a library computer to check in

                              Em
"You can't sleep at the table, ma'am

                      D
You're scaring the kids"
And the fall's getting cold
           D/F#
You try to catch salt air in an envelope

            G
So you can send it home

            Em                      D
Sit by the bay alone, sun on your skin
[Pre-Chorus]
G                  A
Another day up in flames

D                           G
Another cop that knows your name
(That knows your name)
                                   Em F#m G A
These assholes always sound the same
[Chorus]
Bm           A                     D           G
Madelyn, I don't think that I'll see you again

Bm           A              D                  G
Madelyn, I love you but we both know how this ends

Bm            A                D
Madelyn, the tide is coming in
[Verse 2]
D
You pull out a cig

            D/F#
Imagine the air in your lungs as gasoline

             G
Lighted the fucker up

                Em
Some people get all the luck

          D
Some gotta live

D
Can't find an address

        D/F#
Nobody seems to know where you're living at

                G
I got you a birthday gift

            Em                       D
I wanna send it with pictures of my kids
[Pre-Chorus]
G                  A
Another day up in flames
(Day up in flames)
Em                              Em F#m G A
Another year that looks the same
[Chorus]
Bm           A                     D           G
Madelyn, I don't think that I'll see you again

Bm           A               D                  G
Madelyn, I love you but we both know how this ends

Bm           C#              D             G
Madelyn, I heard that the tide is coming in

                   Bm
You're lost in the grey

                 A
With two broken legs

              D
Trying to swim
D [Bridge]
     F#m  G                 D
(Madelyn) Watch the clouds

      A  G        D
(Madelyn) Empty out

     F#m  G
(Madelyn) Flood the ground
Bm D A G Em F#m G A
D    F#m  G            D
(Madelyn) Try to sleep

     A   G            D
(Madelyn) In the steam

     F#m  G
(Madelyn) From the street
Bm D A G Em F#m G A x2 [Chorus]
Bm           A                     D           G
Madelyn, I don't think that I'll see you again

Bm           A                     D           G
Madelyn, I love you but we both know how this ends

Bm           C#                   D          G
Madelyn, I heard that the tide is coming in

                      Bm
You're lost in the grey

                   A
With two broken legs

             D
Trying to swim