This might be a little closer than the other version, play around with the riff
I'm not sure I got it exactly right. Enjoy!
C F C F G
We used to go out on the summer nights and dance in the neon rain
C F C F G
We used to hold hands at the movie show but we’ll never hold hands again
F C G F C G
Do do do do do come on Do do do do do come on come on
C G F(See Riff) C G F G
Those days are gone, you and I were young those summer nights
C G F(See Riff) C G F G
You’ll see the world diving for a girl you’ll never find
Am G F G C
and then we’ll quietly grow old the saddest story ever told
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C F C F G
Once upon a time we fell in love or at least that’s what you said
C F C F G
You’ll say anything to someone else and I just wish I was dead
F C G F C G
Do do do do do come on Do do do do do come on come on
C G F(See Riff) C G F G
Those days are gone, you and I were young those summer nights
C G F(See Riff) C G F G
You’ll see the world diving for a girl you’ll never find
Am G F G C
and then we’ll quietly grow old the saddest story ever told
Riff
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