Artist: The Wonder Years
Album: The Greatest Generation
Song: Madelyn
Info: This nearly-all acoustic song is pretty simple. It's in standard tuning which is
somewhat uncommon for a Wonder Years track. Enjoy, guys.
Capo 2.
[Verse 1]
C G
Madelyn, I share your hate for this world we're in
Am F
But it makes me a better man; It's an excuse that you make.
C G
And Madelyn, I know you want to let the bottles in.
Am
I know you think that they're all your friends.
F
They're lying straight to your face.
Dm G F Dm G F
I know about the devil in your bloodstream; I know that the ghosts still visit nightly.
Dm G F Em Dm
I know it must get lonely by the Chesapeake.
[Verse 2]
C G Am F
Madelyn, are you really afraid of death or do you just say it if it's the right thing to say?
C G
Madelyn, I know you're safe where you lay your head
Am F
But if you wanted to come back, I've got a place you could stay.
Dm G F Dm G F Dm Em
If I'm not doing right by my family, then what's the point of it anyway. . .anyway.
[Verse 3]
C G
I don't think there's a god; I don't think that there's someone coming to save us
Am G F
And I don't think that's the worst news of the day;
C G
I don't think there's a god. I don't think that there's someone coming to save me
Am G F
And I don't think that's the worst news of the day.
[Verse 4]
C G
Madelyn, I know how your cold scars turn purple.
Am F
I know how the Irish goodbyes feel. I know where you've been
C G
And Madelyn, you and I got this East Coast blood between us.
Am F
It's bitter and vitriolic; I know how it ends.
Dm G F Dm G F End on F
If I'm not doing right by my family... oh, I'm not doing right by family.
