[Verse 1]
G C
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# C
Oh, and every day we spent there was Valentine's day
Am D G
There's a new team, out in Queens, 8teen
[Verse 2]
G C
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# C
And the ride we took together was a rodeo
Am D G C
Big dreams, six strings, 8teen
[Chorus]
Em D/F# C
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
G D
From the pearly gates of Heaven and the fiery sea
Em D/F# C
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
Am
God's gift runneth o’er my cup
D
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
C G C
It all adds up to 8teen
[Verse 3]
G C
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# C
That will forever be enshrined and underlined in red
Am D G
Such sad scenes, so pristine, 8teen
[Verse 4]
G C
He rode that silver bullet 'cross the borderline
G D
There beneath the maple leaf inside a Nimbus 9
Em D C
And the song he hummed that night moves me every time
Am D G C
Fourteen, and so green, 8teen
[Chorus]
Em D/F# C
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
G D
From the pearly gates of Heaven and the fiery sea
Em D/F# C
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
Am
God's gift runneth o’er my cup
D
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
C G
It all adds up to 8teen
[Bridge]
Cm G
Forever frozen now in time
Cm
The night the miracle occurred
G
They walked on water in my mind
Em
JC and Uncle Herb
A Am
Though we never heard the words
D G
It all adds up to 8teen
[Chorus]
Em D/F# C
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
G D
From the pearly gates of Heaven and the fiery sea
Em D/F# C
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
Am
God's gift runneth o’er my cup
D
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
C G C
It all adds up to 8teen
[Outro]
G C
[to end]
