Intro: E (4x)
verse 1
E
We went to the beach
Every year, the middle of June
We crammed into that Astrovan
A
Tighter than a can of sardines
E
And we went to the beach
We fought in the back
And dad got mad
And mama rolled the windows down
A
"Y'all smell the salt of the beach?"
B
Well, it was double beds
C#m
With a kitchenette
A
Bedspreads of sea-foam green
B C#m
It was sunburns and taking turns
E B
On boogie boards we'd bring
C#m E
Even if we spent every single cent to stay across the street
E
We went to the beach
verse 2
E
We mowed a few yards
I filled a coffee can with some Benjamins
A
Just a couple of friends
E A
Barely seventeen
E
And we went to the beach
And in the middle of March
Before real life starts
A
Partied so hard
We could barely remember a thing
B C#m
It was PBRs and tiki bars
E B A
Don't take my fake I.D
B C#m
It was cigarettes, girls we just met
E A
And making out on lifeguard seats
B C#m E A
And those polaroids of me and the boys is all the proof I need
B A
E
And we went to the beach
Instrumental Break
E A E A B
Bridge
B C#m E A
Girl, don't you hate to leave
B C#m E A E
It's been one hell of a week
B C#m
It was a vow, to you too, "I do."
E
Babe, can you believe?
B
It was brand new tans
C#m
Brown-golden bands
E A
Of sand all in the sheets
B C#m E A
If I know you and me, we only get one of these
E
And we went to the beach
Outro
A
We went to the beach
E
We went to the beach
A B E
We went to the beach