A5  A5/G#  F#5  E5
D5  D5/C#  B5   E5


[Verse 1]
A    C#m        F#m         E
If I were a few generations younger who would know
D        C#m               Bm              E
What I'd like and what I'd do, my taste in music, taste in clothes
A           C#m             F#m                E
Perhaps I'd meet a girl who likes the things I do and maybe more
D            C#m               Bm               E
We'd take my thunderbird for a summer trip down to the shore


[Pre-Chorus]
F#m  A      F#m      A       D
Home-coming can only come so soon
     E          D                E
It's time to go back in time and come run away with you


[Chorus]
    A              F#m   D                      E
And I hope you are still alive, though it ain't 1955
A          F#m                 D              E
I would be right there by your side, if I was born in '39
A     F#m              D             E
Maybe we could build a boat and sail across the sea
A              F#m               D                  E
But you're far away from me, not just by length but by an eternity


[Verse 2]
A     C#m                 F#m                  E
I can see your face, your hair-sprayed hair ad polka-dotted dress
D     C#m                Bm                   E
I got suspenders, got my thick-rimmed glasses and my hair's a mess
A             C#m               F#m                E
But you don't care, we just sip our milkshakes and theorize about the moon
D         C#m         Bm              E
Listen to Perry Como, I'd get jealous as you swoon


[Pre-Chorus]
F#m  A      F#m      A       D
Home-coming can only come so soon
     E          D                E
It's time to go back in time and come run away with you


[Chorus]
A                  F#m   D                      E
And I hope you are still alive, though it ain't 1955
A          F#m                 D              E
I would be right there by your side, if I was born in '39
A     F#m              D             E
Maybe we could build a boat and sail across the sea
A              F#m               D                  E
But you're far away from me, not just by length but by an eternity


[Solo]
A  F#m  D  E
A  F#m  D  E
A  F#m  D  E
A  F#m  D  E


[Bridge]
A     A/G#           F#m           E
Maybe we can build a boat and sail across the sea
D  D/C#                Bm                E
No electric light will blind us from the starry sky
A           A/G#           F#m             E
I take your hand, you'd be mine, and in my car at the drive-in
D   D/C#            Bm           E
The radio is all we need to feel alive
A       A/G#                F#m               E
Build a rocket ship and fly into the moon and never come back
D            D/C#               Bm           E
I'll see you on the edge of the galaxy as we run on for miles


[Chorus]
A                  F#m   D                      E
And I hope you are still alive, though it ain't 1955
A          F#m                 D              E
I would be right there by your side, if I was born in '39
A     F#m              D             E
Maybe we could build a boat and sail across the sea
A              F#m               D                  E
But you're far away from me, not just by length but by an eternity