Backwards Down the Number Line

(Verse is in Gmaj, Chorus is in Cmaj)

| G | G |

C G

Happy happy oh my friend

 D

Blow out candles once again

 Em  

Leave the presents all inside

Em D C G

Take my hand and letâ™s take a ride  

 D Dsus D  

Backwards down the number line

 Em

You were eight and I was nine

 D  

Do you know what happened then?

(A)(B) C  

 Do you know why we're still friends

 G

Laughing all these many years

 D

We pushed through hardships tasted tears

 Em  

Made a promise one to keep  

Em D C G

 I can still recite it in my sleep

 D Dsus D  

Every time a birthday comes

 Em

Call your friend and sing a song  

 D C

Or whisper it into his ear

 G

Or write it down, just don't miss a year

Chorus 1: (played 4x through)

 F C

You decide what it contains

 G

How long it goes but this remains

 F C

The only rule is it begins

 G  

Happy happy oh my friend

Chorus 2: (play 2x, starting after the 2nd time through "Chorus 1" above)  F C G

And all my friends come backwards down the number line x3

Bridge:

Em C

Em C

Em C

And when I see you coming down the line with eyes wide open

Em C

Somewhere in between the past and future, where you drift in time

 D G

You can see a different point of view

Repeat Chorus 2x

Jam

Repeat Chorus  

bass solo transcribed for guitar (thru the piano...don't have a bass)and repositioned it  an octave above mike's bass due the guitar not having the range on the deeper octave  notes like a bass. hope that makes sense.  

lead into the G

 G

e-|---------

B-|---------

G-|-5-4-----

D-|-----7-5-

A-|---------

E-|---------

then the solo begins...  

 F C G F C G F  e-|----------------------------------------------------------------8-8-- B-|-6-6-5-6-5------------------------------5-6-5-6-5---------5-6-5------ G-|-----------7-5-5-----5--------5---5---5-----------7-5---5------------ D-|-----------------5-5------5-7---7---7-----------------7-------------- A-|------------------------8-------------------------------------------- E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

 C G F C G F  

e-|-5-7-5---5------------5-5---------------------------------

B-|-------8---8-8-5----8-----8-5-------5-6-8---5-6--6-5------

G-|-----------------5------------7-5-7-------7----------7-5--

D-|----------------------------------------------------------

A-|----------------------------------------------------------

E-|----------------------------------------------------------

 C G

e-|--------------------

B-|--------------------

G-|-4-4-2--------------

D-|-------5-3-2--------

A-|-------------5-3----

E-|-----------------3--