Hints From Yesterday

Once as a kid, next to a bridge
Me and some friends were throwing rocks
Aiming at cars and laughing hard
Until we saw one slow and stop
He opened his door, spoke through the roar
Of the passing cars he stood up for
He said, “It’s all fun and games, no rue or shame
’Til someone swerves and hits the curb
And you are left with more on your conscious than you bargained for”

That was then
We never threw at cars again
Just turned and hung our heads
We knew damn well before he said
That there were such high stakes
Some honesty is all it takes
And the mob breaks

Once as a kid, I went to live
Out on an island for a week
Cannot forget a girl I met
And the sensation when she’d speak
Layin’, we’d play and read
What came to be my favorite book
While she read, the words she said
Washed over me so blissfully
And how I held my breath when she held my arm so gently

That was then
I never saw the girl again
A hint from yesterday
Don’t let a good thing slip away
I’ll learn from my mistakes
A broken heart is all it takes
Learning’s easy when your chest aches

Capo 7th fret

Intro:
D | D G | Em7 | Em7 A
D | D G | Em7 A | D/F# G | G (extra measure and a half of G)

D/F#: x x 4 2 3 x
Intro Em7: 0 2 2 0 3 0

Verse:
D | D | G | G 4x

Chorus:
Em A | D G 2x
First ending: Em A | D Em | Em A | A (only a half measure of A)
Second ending: Em A | D Em | Em Em7 | Em A | A

Chorus Em7: 0 2 0 0 0 0