Chords for 83

_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [Em] I _ _ [A]
have these dreams of walking home, [E]
home where it [Em] used to be
_ [A] And everything is as [E] it [E] was, frozen in front of me
[Em] _ _ [A]
Here I stand, six feet small, [E] _
romanticized years ago
But [A] it's a bittersweet feeling here, wrapped around the finger [E] of the _ radio
_ _ _ [D]
And these [A] _ days, _ _ I wish I was six again
_ Oh, make me a _ red king, _ _ _ I wanna be Superman
Oh, if [A] only my life wasn't more like [D] _ _ [Am] 1983
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ All these things would be more like they were ever starting, _ had it [B] made in [A] 1983
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
Thinking about my brother Ben, [E] I miss him every day
_ [A] He looks just like [E] his brother John, but on an 18-month delay
[Em] _ _ [A]
Here I [E] stand, six feet small, [E] and smiling cause I'm scared as hell
_ _ [A]
Kinda like a life is [Em] like a sequel to a [E] movie, where the actors' names have changed
Oh, well, well, these [A] days, _ _ _ [D]
I wish I was six again
Oh, make me a red king, _ _ _ _ I wanna [A] be Superman
Oh, if only my life wasn't more [D] like _ _ 1983
_ _ _ _ _ _ All these things would be more like they were [A] ever starting, had it made _ [Bm] in _ 1983
If [Am] my life wasn't more [Bm] like _ _ [A] _
1983
_ A _ _ [Am] lot of course and source, [D] not the purest [A] little part of me
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ And most of my _ [F#]
memories _ _ have _ _ [C#m]
escaped me
Or confused themselves with dreams
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Bm] If heaven's all [E] we want it to be
_ Send your prayers to me, _ _ care of _ _ _ _ _ 1983
[C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ You [Em] can paint that house [A] a rainbow of colors
Rip out the floorboards, replace [D] the shutters
[A] But _ that's my plastic in the [Am] tub
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
Whatever happens tonight, whatever happens tonight
[Em] Whatever happens [D] with my lunchbox
_ [C] When _ came a day that it got [Am] _
_ thrown [D] away
[B] And don't you [Am]
think I should've had some say in that decision
[C] _ _ _ _ [B] If only my life
_ _ _ [A] If only [Em] my _ _ [D] life
If only [Am] my [B] life
_ [D] _ If only [Em] my _ life
_ If only [Am] my life
[B] _ _ [D] _ If [Am] only my [C] life
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _