In This Diary

Verse 1

F#m           E
Here in this diary,
A            D             F#m         E
I write you visions of my summer.
D
It was the best I ever had.
F#m           E
There were choruses and sing-alongs,
A              D
and that unspoken feeling.
F#m                 E              D
Of knowing that right now is all that matters.
F#m     E                    A
All the nights we stayed up talking
D             F#m        E
and listening to 80’s songs;
D                                 F#m
quoting lines from all those movies that we love.
E          A       D           F#m   E    D
It still brings a smile to my face.
Bm                     D
I guess when it comes down to it…

Chorus

F#m          E        A               D
Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up
F#m           E                D
These are the best days of our lives.
F#m                  E
The only thing that matters
A              D
is just following your heart
F#m               E               D
and eventually you’ll finally get it right.

Verse 2

F#m                    E
Breaking into hotel swimming pools,
A                D
and wreaking havoc on our world.
F#m               E               D
Hanging out at truck stops just to pass the time.
F#m        E              A     D  F#m  E  D
The black top’s singing me to sleep.
F#m                         E
Lighting fireworks in parking lots,
A              D
illuminate the blackest nights.
F#m             E                D
Cherry cokes under this moonlight summer sky.
F#m    E                        A         D   F#m  E  D
2015 Riverside, it’s time to say, ‘goodbye.’
Bm            D
Get on the bus, it’s time to go.

Chorus

F#m          E        A               D
Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up
F#m           E                D
These are the best days of our lives.
F#m                  E
The only thing that matters
A              D
is just following your heart
F#m               E               D
and eventually you’ll finally get it right.

( here in between the choruses i think it hujst follows the same chord progressio
but the timing sounds odd, i just play the bass notes when doing this but on the
acoustic)

Chorus

F#m          E        A               D
Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up
F#m           E                D
These are the best days of our lives.
F#m                  E
The only thing that matters
A              D
is just following your heart
F#m               E               D
and eventually you’ll finally get it right.

F#m          E        A               D
Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up
F#m           E                D
These are the best days of our lives.
F#m                  E
The only thing that matters
A              D
is just following your heart
F#m               E               D
and eventually you’ll finally get it right.