Intro: CF x2
CF
Mamma, she's still got that picture
CF
Of me and Katie on homecomin' night
CF
She looked pretty in that fancy dress
CF
But that girl was a barefoot blue jean princess
(Pre-Chorus)
AmGA hand full of rocks and daddy's pine ladder
F
Sure did come in handy
AmG
For a teenage boy thinkin' all that mattered
F
Was a kiss that taste like candy
(Chorus)
C
Back in the day we were wild and free
G
She was my dashboard drummer
GF
Butterflies in the backseat
AmG
Little footprints on my window
C
Parkin' my Chevy by the riverside
GF
And four letters in a heart carved in a pine
AmGFA little sun dress layin up there on the bank
AmGF (Let Ring)
While the water washed our innocence away
C
Back in the day
(Verse 2)
C
Friday nights I'd look up there in the bleachers
C
And I can see her,
C
with my letter man's jacket on
C
And I still got this scar here on my right hand
C
From when Bobby told her she deserved a better man
(Pre-Chorus)
AmG
Aw.. She hung right with me down in panama city
F
Raisin' hell on our senior trip
Am
and man ain't it funny
G
it gets the best of me
F
And I just can't forget
I just can't forget
(Chorus)
C
Back in the day we were wild and free
G
She was my dashboard drummer
F
Butterflies in the backseat
AmG
Little footprints on my window
C
Parkin' my Chevy by the riverside
GF
And four letters in a heart carved in a pine
AmGFA little sun dress layin up there on the bank
BbmAb Gb(Let Ring)
While the water washed our innocence away
Back in the day (Low Gb Build-up)
(Bridge)
G
Summer was over
F
College was callin' man I had to watch her leave
GAmF
But I still wonder if she ever thinks of me
(Chorus)
C
'Cause back in the day we were wild and free
G
She was my dashboard drummer
F
Butterflies in the backseat
AmG
Little footprints on my window
C
Parkin' my Chevy by the riverside
GF
And four letters in a heart carved in a pine
AmGFA little sun dress layin up there on the bank
AmGF
While the water washed our innocence away
Bb
Feels like yesterday
C
Back in the day
C End C
Back in the day
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.