New Brighton

              G
It's where we swam to, when I was younger
    D
I remember how, you held me under
      G
I was brand new, being underwater
        D
But I'm stronger now, that I am a father
        A
All the work is now, weight on my shoulders
          D
'Bout the future, and how we're getting older
         A
And it's funny now, seeing you around
             D
Wearing that silly frown, it doesn't suit you

[Chorus]
    F                                  C
And I've been kinda thinking about the simple life
D            E
How I wanna lead it
F                                  C
I've been kinda thinking about the real world
D              E
You welcome me to it

F           Abm
I...I - I - I

[Verse 2]
         D
It was a bad idea, bringing them here
                  G
Because they have shifty eyes
                D
All they see is paradise
               A
But I've got a home here, what I've worked for
         D                                      A
And it's over there that I get an answer that I want to hear
                                D
Not facts and figures about the atmosphere, how I could affect it

[Chorus]
    F                                  C
And I've been kinda thinking about the simple life
D           E
How I wanna lead it
F                                  C
I've been kinda thinking about the real world
D              E
You welcome me to it

F           Abm
I...I - I - I

C

[Bridge]
F           E                    Am
With battle we fought up pavilion
             C                     F                   E                 Am
Caused us to retreat three hundred miles to the safety of our New Brighton
               C               F
Where we treat a hundred-twenty
             E                  Am             C                   F
And with the front lines crossed, we slowly reveal no secrets at all
           E                     Am           C
We're just lonely boys with our submarine toys

[Chorus]
    N/C                                   C
And I've been kinda thinking about the simple life
D           E
How I wanna lead it
F                                  C
I've been kinda thinking about the real world
D              E
You welcome me to it

F           Abm
I...I - I - I