Passing Through a Screen Door — The Wonder Years
Chords and lyrics for Passing Through a Screen Door by The Wonder Years (key of G).
Verse 1
"Passing Through A Screen Door" acoustic cover
Credits go to this guy here, I just wrote the chords down:
Chords
Em* D* C* G*
Verse 1
[G]Cigarette smoke [Em9]dances back in the window
And [Cadd9]I can see the [Em7]haze on the [D]dome light.
I'm [G]conjuring ghosts on a [Em9]forty-hour ride home.
And [Cadd9]they keep asking me what I'm [Em7]doing with my [D]life,
Pre-Chorus
While my [Cadd9]cousins go to [D]bed with their [Em7]wives.
I'm [Cadd9]feeling like [D]I've fallen [A7sus4]behind.
Verse 2
Well, the [G]highway won.
I'm [Em9]listening to traffic reports,
[Cadd9]One on one, coming [Em7]quietly [D]undone.
I was [G]born to run [Em9]away from anything good
An [Cadd9]escape artist's son
With sun-drenched [Em7]pavement in my [D]blood.
Pre-Chorus
The [Cadd9]first thing that I [D]do when I [Em7]walk in
Is [Cadd9]plan a way [D]out for when [A7sus4]shit gets bad
Chorus
Em* D* C* G* Em*
And I've been looking for tears in the screen door.
D* C*
(tears in the screen door)
Em* D* C* G* Em*
I've been waiting for another disaster.
D* C*
(another disaster)
G - Em9 - Cadd9 - Em7 - D
Verse 3
I*m [G]terrified like a [Em9]kid in the sixties,
[Cadd9]Staring at the sky [Em7]waiting for the [D]bomb to fall.
It*s [G]all a lie, what they [Em9]say about stability.
It [Cadd9]scares me sometimes,
The [Em7]emptiness I [D]see in my [A7sus4]eyes.
Pre-Chorus
All the [Em9]kid's names I've ever [Cadd9]liked are tied to [D]tragedy
[A7sus4] And I don't want my [Em9]children growing up to [Cadd9]be anything [D]like me.
Chorus
[Em7]I've been [D]looking [Cadd9]for
[G]Tears in the [Em7]screen door.
[D](tears in the [Cadd9]screen door)
[Em7]I've been [D]waiting [Cadd9]for
[G]Another [Em7]disaster
[D](another [Cadd9]disaster)
But [Em7]I was kind of [Cadd9]hoping you'd [D]stay.
[Em7]I was kind of [Cadd9]hoping you'd [G]stay.
Cadd9 - G - D
Bridge
I keep a [Em7]flashlight
And a [Cadd9]small knife in the [G]corner of my [D]bed stand.
I keep a [Em7]flashlight and the [Cadd9]train times,
But you wouldn't [G]understand.
How could you [D]understand?
Jesus [Em7]Christ. I'm twenty [Cadd9]six.
All the [G]people I graduated [Cadd9]with
All have [Em7]kids, all have [Cadd9]wives,
All have [G]people who care if they [Cadd9]come home at night.
Jesus [Em7]Christ, did I [D]fuck up?
Chorus
[Em7]I've been [D]looking [Cadd9]for
[G]Tears in the [Em7]screen door.
[D](tears in the [Cadd9]screen door)
[Em7]I've been [D]waiting [Cadd9]for
[G]Another [Em7]disaster
[D](another [Cadd9]disaster)
But [Em7]I was kind of [Cadd9]hoping you'd [D]stay.
[Em7]I was kind of [Cadd9]hoping you'd [G]stay.
[Em7]I was kind of [D]hoping you'd [G]stay.
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