A Lifetime

[F],[C],[G] x2

([F],[C],[G])
Allie woke up 8AM, graduation day.
Got into a car, and crashed along the way.
When we arrived late to the wake, stole the urn while they looked away,
And drove to the beach cause I knew you'd want it that way

And [Dm]you were standing on the hood of the ca[C]r
Sin[F]ging out loud when the sun [G]came up.

[F]An[C]d [G]I know I wasn't right, but it felt so good.
And your mother didn't mind, like I thought she would.
And that REM song was playing in my mind.

And [Dm]three and a half min[C]utes[F]
[G]Felt like a lifetime
[F]  [C]  [G] It felt like a lifetim[F]e [C]   [G]

([F],[C],[G])
And you move like water, I could drown in you
And I fell so deep once, till you pulled me through
You would tell me
"[Dm]No one is allowed to be so prou[C]d
[F]They never reach out when they're [G]giving up."

(Go back and forth between F and C, listen to the recording)
Are you sitting in the lights? Or combing your hair again,
And talking in rhymes? Are you sitting in the lights?

([F],[C],[G])
When I got home, heard the phone, your parents had arrived.
And your dad set his jaw, your mom just smiled and sighed.
But they left soon and I went to my room.
Played that disc that you'd given me
And I shut my eyes, swear I could hear the sea.

When [Dm]we were standing on the hood of your ca[C]r
[F]Singing out loud when the [G]sun came up.

[Dm]And three and a half min[C]ut[F]es[G],
[Dm]Three and a half minutes[C], [F]
[G]Felt like a lifetime.