Intro: G

G                                         Cadd9
Well,We took Ventura Highway to the Sunshine State
G                                                D
Where they raised their hands to Jesus as they passed the plate
Em                 D/F#                      Cadd9
Oh, and every day we spent there was Valentine's day
Am                 D                        G     Cadd9
There's a new team, out in Queens, 8teen

G                                             Cadd9
And the girl made in Japan was made for me to hold
G                                             D
When Vincent lent an ear the night the thunder rolled
Em               D/F#                   Cadd9
And the ride we took together was a rodeo
Am           D             G       Cadd9
Big dreams, six strings, 8teen

Em                    D/F#                      Cadd9
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
G                                            D
From the pearly gates of Heaven to the fiery sea
Em                    D/F#                      Cadd9
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
                       Am
God's gift runneth 'ore my cup
                                D 
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
                    G      Cadd9
It all adds up to 8teen

G                                     Cadd9
And we heard about the letters kept beside his bed
G                                          D
And how he never could forget her or the words she said
Em                      D/F#                   Cadd8
That will forever be enshrined and underlined in red
Am                D              G         Cadd9
Such sad scenes, so pristine, 8teen

G                                     Cadd9
He rode that silver bullet 'cross the borderline
G                                       D 
There beneath the maple leaf signed to the Nimbus 9
Em                       D/F#                      Cadd9      
And the song he hummed that night moves me every time
Am            D           G        Cadd9
Fourteen, and so green, 8teen

Em                    D/F#                      Cadd9
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
G                                            D
To the pearly gates of Heaven and the fiery sea
Em                    D/F#                      Cadd9
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
                       Am
God's gift runneth 'ore my cup
                                D 
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
                    G      Cadd9
It all adds up to 8teen

Cm                   G
Forever frozen now in time
D                     Cm
The night the miracle occurred
                       G
They walked on water in my mind
D           Em
JC and Uncle Herb
                          Cadd9
Though we never heard the words
D                          G
It all adds up to 8teen

Em                    D/F#                      Cadd9
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
G                                            D
From the pearly gates of Heaven to the fiery sea
Em                    D/F#                      Cadd9
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
                       Am
God's gift runneth 'ore my cup
                                D 
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
                    G      Cadd9
It all adds up to 8teen

Faded Out Lyrics:
Once a Marine
Met Colleen
but it all adds up to 8teen 
And the last scene 
From Miss Norma Jeane
Adds 8teen

Fade Out: G  Cadd9 (repeated)