Cicadas (Acoustic)

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