[Intro]
F#m     E   A
D       D   E
F#m     E   A
D       D   E
[Strophe]
F#m              E          A 
When I was young, I fell in love 
   D                                
We used to hold hands, man, that was
     E 
 enough (yeah) 
We used to hold hands, man, that was enough (yeah) 
F#m              E          A 
Then we grew up, started to touch 
D                                   
Used to kiss underneath the light on
                 E 
 the back of the bus (yeah) 
Used to kiss underneath the light on the back of the bus (yeah) 
F#m                      E       A 
Oh no, your daddy didn't like me much
 
Oh no, your daddy didn't like me much 
       D                            
And he didn't believe me when I said
               E 
 you were the one 
And he didn't believe me when I said you were the one 
  F#m          E          A        D
Oh, every day she found a way out of
 
 the window to sneak out late
Oh, every day she found a way out of the window to sneak out late
[Refrain]
                                F#m 
She used to meet me on the Eastside 
        E              A         D 
In the city where the sun don't set 
           E                F#m 
And every day you know that we ride 
                   E        A    
Through the backstreets in a blue
  D 
 Corvette 
Through the backstreets in a blue Corvette 
               E             F#m 
Baby, you know I just wanna leave
    E 
 tonight 
Baby, you know I just wanna leave tonight 
A         D 
We can go anywhere we want 
       E           F#m              
Drive down to the coast, jump in the
 E 
 seat 
Drive down to the coast, jump in the seat 
A             D 
Just take my hand and come with me
[Post-Refrain]
F#m                E            
We can do anything if we put our
 A 
 minds to it 
We can do anything if we put our minds to it 
D                                  
Take your whole life then you put a
  E 
 line through it 
Take your whole life then you put a line through it 
F#m                        E         
My love is yours if you're willing to
  A 
 take it 
My love is yours if you're willing to take it 
D                                
Give me your heart 'cause I ain't
        E 
 gonna break it 
Give me your heart 'cause I ain't gonna break it 
F#m              E        A 
So come away, starting today 
D                              
Start a new life, together in a
           E 
 different place 
Start a new life, together in a different place 
             F#m                    
We know that love is how these ideas
 E       A 
 came to be 
We know that love is how these ideas came to be 
          D             E 
So baby, run away with me
[Strophe]
F#m            E        A           
Seventeen and we got a dream to have
    D 
 a family 
Seventeen and we got a dream to have a family 
                            E 
A house and everything in between 
           F#m         E        
And then, oh, suddenly we turned
        A 
 twenty-three 
And then, oh, suddenly we turned twenty-three 
           D                      
Now we got pressure for taking our
                  E 
 life more seriously 
Now we got pressure for taking our life more seriously 
            F#m                 
We got our dead-end jobs and got
 E         A 
 bills to pay 
We got our dead-end jobs and got bills to pay 
D                                   E
Have old friends and know our enemies
 
 
Have old friends and know our enemies 
         F#m                 E     
Now I-, I'm thinking back to when I
     A 
 was young 
Now I-, I'm thinking back to when I was young 
            D 
Back to the day when I was falling in
 love
Back to the day when I was falling in love
[Refrain]
                                F#m 
He used to meet me on the Eastside 
        E              A         D 
In the city where the sun don't set 
           E                F#m 
And every day you know that we ride 
                   E        A    
Through the backstreets in a blue
  D 
 Corvette 
Through the backstreets in a blue Corvette 
               E             F#m 
Baby, you know I just wanna leave
    E 
 tonight 
Baby, you know I just wanna leave tonight 
A         D 
We can go anywhere we want 
       E           F#m              
Drive down to the coast, jump in the
 E 
 seat 
Drive down to the coast, jump in the seat 
A             D 
Just take my hand and come with me
[Post-Refrain]
F#m                E            
We can do anything if we put our
 A 
 minds to it 
We can do anything if we put our minds to it 
D                                  
Take your whole life then you put a
  E 
 line through it 
Take your whole life then you put a line through it 
F#m                        E         
My love is yours if you're willing to
  A 
 take it 
My love is yours if you're willing to take it 
D                                
Give me your heart 'cause I ain't
        E 
 gonna break it 
Give me your heart 'cause I ain't gonna break it 
F#m              E        A 
So come away, starting today 
D                              
Start a new life, together in a
           E 
 different place 
Start a new life, together in a different place 
             F#m                    
We know that love is how these ideas
 E       A 
 came to be 
We know that love is how these ideas came to be 
          D             E 
So baby, run away with me
[Pont]
F#m 
 Run away, now 
E      A 
 Run away, now 
D              D   E 
 Run away, now 
F#m 
 Run away, now 
E      A 
 Run away, now 
D              D 
 Run away, now
[Outro]
            E                  F#m
He used to meet me on the Eastside
   E  A  D 
 
He used to meet me on the Eastside 
             E                  F#m
She used to meet me on the Eastside
   E  A  D 
 
She used to meet me on the Eastside 
            E                  F#m
He used to meet me on the Eastside
   E  A  D 
 
He used to meet me on the Eastside 
             E                  F#m 
She used to meet me on the Eastside 
        E              A         D 
In the city where the sun don't set