Chord Cicadas (Acoustic) by Stacey Ryan

Capo: 4th fret Verse G The sound of the cicadas it always takes me back The summers of my childhood C/B C Walked them freely while never looking back G On anything colored black G When I think of cicadas I don't think of the bug I think about the cottage C/B C and remember my grandfather's hugs G All those years ago Prechorus D/F# Em7 Cadd9 Life goes on and that's alright D/F# Em7 Cadd9 I'll always remember those summer nights Chorus G D/F# Time was not what I needed Am7 C/B C But it was fleeting and I didn't know G D/F# Being young and oblivious Am7 C/B C I didn't know what would happen when I would grow D/F# Em7 G/B Cadd9 People said goodbye and so did I D/F# Cadd9 G I'll never forget those summer nights Gadd11 G Gadd11 Verse G The sound of the cicadas was always in the air You heard them through the windows C/B C through the doors and the screens and everywhere G Gadd11 Oh to be back there G And when the night had fallen Outside we would go Hide and seek in the dark C/B C Mosquitos biting us through our clothes G It didn't matter though Prechorus D/F# Em7 Cadd9 Life goes on and that's ok D/F# Em7 Cadd9 I would give anything for one more day Chorus G D/F# Time was not what I needed Am7 C/B C But it was fleeting and I didn't know G D/F# Being young and oblivious Am7 C/B C I didn't know what would happen when I would grow D/F# Em7 G/B Cadd9 People said goodbye and so did I D/F# Cadd9 G I'll never forget those summer nights Bridge Dadd11 C Even though most of it was good I'd still get sad Dadd11 Homesick almost every night C I'd call my mom and dad Dadd11 the days seemed never ending G/B C Dadd11 only ending when the dinner bell rang and the cicadas sang C Dadd11 G Their song C/B C Dadd11 G Ohh C Dadd11 G Ohh C/B C Dadd11 Em Ohh C/B Outro Cadd9 Cadd9 Time's not what I needed but it was fleeting and I didn't know G/B being young and oblivious Am7 C/B C I didn't know what would happen when I would grow D/F# Em7 G/B Cadd9 People that I loved they said goodbye to me Cadd9 Cmadd9 and I'll always remember Gadd11 G