"Brickyard Bend", by Scott Andrew LePera
From the album "Where I've Been"
Licensed under the Creative Commons nc-by-sa 2.0 license
Transcription by Adam Sampson
Key: Bm
"one, two, three, four"
[intro:]
D/F# G A --
D/A D/E Em NC
Bm A G --
Em F#m G -- Gsus2 G
Bm G A
they closed the foundry down
Em
and with it came the town
G A
so long ago but I remember, I recall
Bm G A
the day they closed it up
Em
hung the sign out in the front
with the old grey river
G A
rolling over, rolling on
Em Bm
and what could heal our fathers' hearts
Em F#m Asus4 A
our fathers' hearts lay broken
[chorus:]
D G
hey yeah, alright
A
best not to look behind now
Bm A
hey yeah, alright
Em
it's gonna cost you sometime
Bm A
hey yeah, alright
G
best better look behind now
Em F#m G Gsus2 G
hey yeah, alright
that brickyard bend that I know
from childhoods long ago
broken bottle playground I remember, I recall
our rusted swingset dream
in the shadows of the trains
summer daylight streaming
rolling over, rolling on
and what of this was left for us
what's left for us is nothing
[chorus]
[intro, sung as "na na na, da da da, da ah ah, ah ahhhh"]
we left our company there
and set off for somewhere
not long ago but I remember, I recall
we live here still today
in New York and LA
and midwestern skies keep
rolling over, rolling on
and what could fill our children's hearts
our children's hearts lay open
[chorus]
G
alright, na na na
[chorus]
G
alright now
Em F#m G
hey yeah, alright, alright now
Em F#m Gsus2
hey yeah, alright