Tone: [Em]
Verse:
I found a [Em]pile of Polaroids
In the crates of a record sh[C]shop
They were xxxx, xxxx looking b[G]back
From a night that time for[B7]forgot
Boy he was [Em]something debonair in 197[C]1979
And she had Farrah Fawcett h[G]hair
Carafes of blood red [B7]wine
[C]In the summer[Em]summertime
[C]In the summer[B7]summertime
Pre-Chorus:
Oh don't you [G]wonder when the [B7]light begins to [Em]fade? [C]
And the [G]clock just makes the [B7]colors turn to [Em]grey [C]
Forever [G]younger, growing [B7]older just the [Em]same [C]
All the [G]memories that we [B7]make will never [Em]chang[C]change
Chorus:
We'll stay [G]drunk,
we'll stay tan, let the [B7]love remain
And I [Em]swear that I'll
always [C]paint you golden [G]days [B7]
Golden [Em]days [C]
Golden [G]days [B7]
Golden [Em]days [C]
Verse:
I bet they [Em]met some diplomats
on Bianca Jagger's new [C]yacht
With their caviar and dead [G]cigars
The air was sauna [B7]hot
I bet they [Em]never even thought about
The glitter dancing on the [C]skin
The decades might've washed it [G]out
As the flashes popped like [B7]pins
[C]In the summer[Em]summertime
[C]In the summer[B7]summertime
Pre-Chorus:
Oh don't you [G]wonder when the [B7]light begins to [Em]fade? [C]
And the [G]clock just makes the [B7]colors turn to [Em]grey [C]
Forever [G]younger, growing [B7]older just the [Em]same [C]
All the [G]memories that we [B7]make will never [Em]chang[C]change
Chorus:
We'll stay [G]drunk, we'll
stay tan, let the [B7]love remain
And I [Em]swear that I'll
always [C]paint you golden [G]days [B7]
Golden [Em]days [C]
Golden [G]days [B7]
Golden [Em]days [C]
Bridge:
[Am]Time can never break your heart
But It'll [D]take the pain away
Right [Am]now our future's ce[G]certain
I won't [Cm]let it fade away
Outro -x4-:
Golden [G]days[B7]days
Golden [Em]days[C]days