Stacey Ryan - 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