Tone: [A]
Capo: 5th fret
Verse 1
Did your[F#m]your eyes get wide and[E]and all excited?
You were[A]were like 15, discovered nitrous.
Spending[F#m]Spending every night on em[E]empty beaches
With the[A]the same four kids you'd never sleep with.
Now you're [F#m]without it, you ca[E]can't party anymore
So you g[A]go and make a record about it.
The hometow[F#m]hometown drug scene, ever[E]every 14 year old
[A]Restless brat's wet dream,
Sporting the[F#m]the same shades, same[E]same tank top, same blue jeans
Hit the [A]same beach and drink the same vodka sweet tea.
Unfairly[F#m]Unfairly pass the blame and [E]claim it was generational,
Pr[A]Predisposition tourney prestigious, invitational.
Like[F#m]Like, don't look at me,[E]me, I wasn't even conceived,
When th[A]the scheme, the game became operational.
I'm a po[F#m]poser, you said it y[E]yourself,
Don't ex[A]expect me not to pose when the cameras come out!
You missed th[F#m]the lesson on look[E]looking out for yourself,
May not be[A]be on the up and up but I'm on the up and out.
Chorus
So[F#m]So take me to the [E]far side of the [A]beach,
[A]Before it falls into the ocean,
[F#m]Before you [E]notice I'm erodi[A]eroding,
[A]I know you don't want to be lonely.
[F#m]Oooh[E] ([A]Ooh[F#m], ah[E]h) [A]I know you don't want to be lonely.
Verse 2
The[F#m]The sun and the subst[E]substances you'd choke down
[A]Combine in your mind for wild lies about how
Your[F#m]Your favorite celebrity's[E]celebrity's car just broke down
They're[A]They're stranded and they gotta crash at your house!
[F#m]All the kids that were[E]were mean to you in school are broke now,
[A]On the side of the road asking big shots for handouts.
[F#m]Big shots like you, cause [E]look at you, you're awesome,
[A]But you're laying on the beach like an amputee dolphin.
Chorus 2
"The [F#m]world just ain't [E]ready for us [A]yet, that's it,"
Says the [F#m]guy to your [E]left, you woul[A]would die for that kid.
Watch his[F#m]his eyes as they [E]get sorta dist[A]distant and different,
and we're[F#m] moving in p[E]lace again[A].
We're[F#m] moving in[E] place aga[A]in.
Bridge
[A]It sure i[F#m]is fu[E]fun to [A]hate something you'll love when it's gone[F#m] [E]
This [A]time it's everywhere and[F#m]and everyone at once,[A]once,
From[A]From moving in place to moving [F#m]on
to moving [E]on, to movin[A]moving on, to moving on
Chorus
[F#m]Take me to the [E]far side of the[A]the beach, before it falls into the ocean,
[F#m]Before you noti[E]notice I'm eroding,[A]eroding, I know you don't want to be lonely.
[F#m]I know you don'[E]don't want to be lo[A]lonely, I know 'cause I would feel the same thing.
[F#m]Tomorrow I'm go[E]gonna be 18, [A]Right now it takes everything in me
To[F#m]To kick and claw and[E]and fight against that instinct,
[A]To lay there and just sink into the same beach
[F#m]And get so high that[E]that I feel my brain shrink,
[A]Justify it's not a massive time waste,
[F#m]Close my eyes, [E]deny I see you sinking,
[A]Lay there right beside you in that imprint
[F#m]I left there that [E]night in 2019
[A]Lean into the tide and let it take me...
Outro
Did your[F#m]your eyes get wide and [E]all excited?
You were [A]like 15, discovered nitrous.
Spendin[F#m]Spending every night on[E]on empty beaches
With the [A]same four kids