Matt the Electrician - Permanent record

To^Cok all of the b^Ameer bottles fr^Fom the whole block i^Gn my red wagon Cr^Coss the highway, ^Amin the vacant l^Fot, I got an orange knee-hi^Ggh Base^Fball cards ^{C G}

Ma^Cria broke the sec^Amond-story window Wi^Fth her head and the ba^Gck of her hand D^Cad wrapped it up ^Amin an old bedsheet A^Fnd her husband stood aro^Gund at the end of the bl^Fock ^{C G C}

^DmI saved every little th^Ging 'C^Emause it's hard to th^Frow it all away ^DmIt's all part of my perm^Ganent record A^Cnd I'm gonna go thr^Fough it all som^Geday ^C

Bou^Cght a transistor ra^Amdio F^For a dollar at Bran^Gdon's house ^CI took it apart then I p^Amut it back together I^Fn a spaceship ma^Gde from a refrig^Ferator box ^{C G}

^CI made my own Fr^Amench horn Wi^Fth a funnel and some gar^Gden hose ^CI left it out in the k^Amnee-high grass Ni^Fght fell, a^Gnd I never saw it ag^Fain ^{C G C}

^DmI saved every little th^Ging 'C^Emause it's hard to th^Frow it all away ^DmIt's all part of my perm^Ganent record A^Cnd I'm gonna go thr^Fough it all som^Geday ^C

Ev^Gery little word is a dag^Fger ^C Ev^Gery single look is a dia^Fmond ri^Cng Not^Ghing can erase this mom^Fent ^C It's a^Amll there is, it's every^Fthing

Ro^Cde to my gra^Amndpa's funeral Back^Fseat of a Pon^Gtiac Pinto B^Cig boy, with my a^Amunt and my uncle W^Fas the first ti^Gme I wore a se^Fat belt ^{C G}

^CI loved a girl na^Ammed Shannon I^Fn my third grade cl^Gass ^CI never told her that her h^Amair was golden Th^Fen I moved aw^Gay to Calif^Fornia ^{C G C}

^DmI saved every little th^Ging 'C^Emause it's hard to th^Frow it all away ^DmIt's all part of my perm^Ganent record A^Cnd I'm gonna go thr^Fough it all som^Geday

A^Cnd I'm gonna go thr^Fough it all som^Geday Yea, I^C'm gonna go thr^Fough it all som^Geday ^C Som^Feday ^{G C}