Basement Days Mark Erelli
INTRO: G,D,G,D,G,D,A 2X
VERSE:1
[D]Timmy play[A]ed bass and [G]his brother had a Me[D]xican Strat
[D]I was o[A]n drums and couldn[G]'t find the one but I only sang a [D]little flat
[G]Fake wood paneling, l[A]inoleum floor
[F#m]Pillow stuffed under th[B]e upstairs door
[Em]Trying to learn a fe[C]w chords and start[A] a band
(Chorus)
[G]Take me back to those[A] basement days
[D]"Stairway [C#]To Heaven" [Bm]and "Purple Haze"
[G]"Pinball Wizard" and[A] "Born To Run"
[D]"I Can't Get [G]No Satisfaction"
[G]We were lost in the music [A]down in that room
[D]It might as well have[C#] been the [Bm]dark side of the moon
[G]You can burn out or[A] fade away
[Em]But you can't go[A] back to [G]those basement days
VERSE:2
[D]We learned enoug[A]h songs and[G] we thought that it sou[D]nded alright
[D]So we rented out a[A] local [G]church basement on a S[D]aturday night
[G]All our friends were there we were[A] living the dream
[F#m]'Til the fire m[B]arshal arrived on sceneA
And pulled the plug 'cause we set off the alarm with our dry ice machine
CHORUS
[G]Take me back to thos[A]e basement days
[D]"Stairway [C#]To Heaven" a[Bm]nd "Purple Haze"
[G]"Whipping Post" and [A]"Aqualung"
[D]"I Can't Ge[G]t No Satisfaction"
[G]We were lost in the musi[A]c down in that room
[D]It might as well [C#]have been th[Bm]e dark side of the moon
[G]You can burn out[A] or fade away
[Em]But you can't g[A]o back to t[G]hose basement days
BRIDGE
[G]Give me one more shot at 1[D]6 years old
[G]Back when I still believed that rock n[D]' roll
[A]Could save my soul
VERSE:3
[D]Now Timmy's i[A]n computers and[G] his brother is a law[D]yer I hear
[D]Who'd ha[A]ve guessed I'd be [G]the one still crazy after all t[D]hese years
[G]But it only comes in flashes ev[A]ery now and again
[F#m]I get a little taste of how i[B]t was back then
[Em]And it keeps me goin[C]g every time I feel l[A]ike packing it in
(Chorus)
[G]Take me back to thos[A]e basement days
[D]"Stairway [C#]To Heaven" a[Bm]nd "Purple Haze"
[G]"Sugar Magnolia" "He[A]re Comes the Sun"
[D]I still kno[G]w every word to "Comfortably Numb"
[G]We were lost in the musi[A]c down in that room
[D]It might as well [C#]have been th[Bm]e dark side of the moon
[G]You can burn out[A] or fade away
[Em]But you can't g[A]o back to t[G]hose basement days
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