Chords used:

Capo at 4th fret

            E   A   D   G   B   E

D --------- X   0   0   2   3   2
G           3   2   0   0   0   3
C --------- 0   3   2   0   1   0
Cm          3   3   5   5   4   3
Am -------- 0   0   2   2   1   0
Em          0   2   2   0   0   0



Verse 1:

G ------------ D -----------
Chevrolet over Pontchartrain

C ----------- Cm ---------
blue and grey driving rain

-------- G --------
became a part of me

G ------------- D --------
Search and play once again 

C --- Cm ---
naive melody 

----------- G ---------
touched the heart of me

Am ----------- D ---------
Brave words in bold relief

C ----------------- D -------
No time to get old, no belief



Chorus 1:

G ----- D ----------------- C ----------------- D
Bigger, brighter is how the world looked to me

--- C --------- D ------------- G ----------------------
But filled with my face staring straight back through me

G --------------- D -------------- C ----------- D
Bigger, brighter, better and I was sold forever

---- Am ----- D ----------- G ---------- riff1
down no great river just an endless sea



Verse 2:

G ---------------- D ------------
A love supreme one hell of a team

-- C ------------ Cm --------
No messy birth or dirty death

-------- G --------
just the in between

G ---------------------- D ---------------
Holding tight to what we thought was right

--- C ------------------ Cm --------
but begin to squeeze and love leaves

---- G ------------
boy, where you been



Bridge 1:

----------- G ----------------------------- D -------
Yeah, I was young chewing gum acting like a dumb-dumb

------ C -------- Cm --------- G --
All at sea woe is me let's get numb

Am (or C) -- D -------- 
Fast times - high hopes 

Am ------------------------- D ------
Too whacked to push back the envelope



Chorus 2:

G ----- D ----------------- C ----------------- D
Bigger  brighter is how the world looked to me

--- C --------- D -------
But filled with your face 

------- G ----------------------- riff1
staring straight back through me

G ------------- D --------- C ---------------- D
Bigger brighter better and I was sold forever

---- Am ----- D ------------------- G -- riff1
down no great river just an endless sea



Bridge 2:

Am ----------------- Em -------------
-- You and I sail on -- stormy waters

Am ---------- Em --------------
-- unaware of -- what we've got

Am -------------- D - Am ---------- D ------------
Some say, "Let it go, ride the tide feel the flow"

Am ---- D --------- Am ------------------------- D
I sense bombs below Can't wait to detonate them 

(voice only or D) ----------
You and I like a minesweeper



Verse 3:

G -------- D -------------- C -------------- D
Lover it's over, and we can live more truly

--- Am ---- D ---------- G ----------- riff1
see bridges burning over salted water

G ---- D -------------------- C --------------- D
Lover, leave me and bring the world back to me

C --------------- D ------------- G ------------
bigger, brighter, better for your own sweet self



Riff1: (positions from capo at 4th fret)

(^)Slide Up  (\)Slide Down
(h)Hammer On  (p)Pull Off  (b)Bend

|-3-^-7--5--3--0--------|
|-3-^-8--5--3--0--3--0--|
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