[ Предположительная тональность: Eb ] [Intro] Fm9 Eb7M [Verse] Fm9 I woke up this morning, August 3rd Fm9 Eb7M It's been a pretty slow and uneventful summer Eb7M Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe Fm9 Went to New Orleans and went to see my family Fm9 Woke up this morning and it occurred Fm9 Eb7M I needed one more track to finish up my record Eb7M I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired Eb7M Laid on my bed too long, a little down, a little tired [Chorus] Cm7 Cm7/Bb Met my girl and we walked down Union Street Ab7M I was scattered and my head was in a bunch of places Gm7 Bought a $350 pair of lampshades Fm7 And we ate at Perry's and I ordered crab cakes Gm7 Blue crab cakes Fm7 Blue crab cakes Gm7 Blue crab cakes [Chorus] Cm7 Cm7/Bb She said I seemed distracted and asked what was going on with me Ab7M I said, "I can't explain it, it's a middle age thing" Gm7 She said okay and ate her eggs Benedict Fm7 And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar shit Gm7 Sports bar shit Fm7 Sports bar shit Gm7 Sports bar shit Ba ba ba Ba ba ba Bbm7 Cm7 Ba ba ba Bbm7 Cm7 [Sax Break] Fm9 Eb7M Fm9 Eb7M [Verse] Fm9 Got on the phone and I called my mother Eb7M And called my father, talked a little bit with my sister Eb7M She's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter Eb7M And she's getting used to venison [Chorus] Cm7 Cm7/Bb And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend Ab7M About his flirting with the girls in Panera Bread My mom is good but sounded out of breath Gm7 Fm7 I worry so much about her, I worry to death Gm7 I worry to death Fm7 I worry about her to death Gm7 I worry to death [Verse] Fm9 The other night I went and saw The Postal Service Eb7M Ben's my friend but getting there was the worst Eb7M Trying to park and getting up the hill Eb7M And find a spot amongst the drunk kids staring at their cells Fm9 Standing at the back with the crowd of eight thousand Eb7M I thought of Ben when I met him in 2000 Eb7M At a festival in Spain Eb7M He was on the small stage then and I didn't know his name [Chorus] Cm7 Cm7/Bb Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves Ab7M And my legs were hurting and my feet were too Gm7 I called him after, said I'll skip the backstage hi/bye Fm7 But thanks for the nice music and all the exercise Gm7 And we laughed and it was alright Fm7 And we laughed and it was alright Gm7 And it was alright [Verse] Fm9 There's a fine line between a middle-aged guy with a backstage pass Eb7M And a guy with a gut hanging around like a jackass Eb7M Everybody there was twenty years younger than me Fm9 I'll leave with this, not my fondest memory Fm9 I carried my legs back down and then I gave Eb7M My backstage passes to two cute asian girls Eb7M I drove to my place near Tahoe Fm9 Got in my hot tub and I thought well that's how it goes Fm9 And it was quiet and I was listening to the crickets Fm9 And Ben's still out there, selling lots of tickets Eb7M And though I'm contented, there's a tinge of competitiveness Eb7M But Ben's my friend and I know he gets it [Chorus] Cm7 Cm7/Bb Then in a couple of days my meltdown passed Ab7M Back to the studio doing twelve hours shifts Gm7 Singing a song about one thing or another Fm7 Another day behind the microphone this summer Gm7 This Tenderloin summer Fm7 This Tenderloin summer Gm7 This Tenderloin summer Ba ba ba Bbm7 Cm7 Ba ba ba Ba ba ba Bbm7 Ab7M