Intro:

G  G/F |  C  D  |


Verse 1

G   G/F  C              D
Hot sun, dancin' on the river
G             G/F             C        D
we sit on the bank, watch the world go by
G               G/F        C                   D
our feet in the water, she pressed her lips to mine
G          G/F              C        D
we were so long on love and short on time


Em        C     D
she could be, a honeymoon suite and a little wild
Em      C      D
she was mine, oh for a little while and

Chorus

G Am7   C/E                       D
I laugh evertime I start to think about us
G  Em        C             D
We sent that summer out in style and
G     Am7          C/E            D
she's gone but she left me with a smile
Bb  F/A C    C/D          G
she was mine for a little while

Verse 2

We'd take a ride, and head on down to airport road

put the seats back; watch the planes leave town

She always said "No body's strong enough to tie her down

oh but I wasn't looking for that, anyhow

I knew she'd leave but I didn't know when

it matters to me now, oh but it didn't back then and

Repeat chorus

Verse 3

I keep seeing pictures now of me and her and those summer nights

my mind fills with her, oh but it's allright cause

Repeat chorus

ending

Bb  F/A  C
she was mine, yeah

C       D
she was mine, for a little while


Chords

G/F   XX3033
C     X32013
Em    022000
Am7   x02010
D     xx0232
Bb    x13331
F/A   x03211
C/E   032010