D                 G           D                A
This shirt is old and faded, all the color's washed away
D                 G              D                A
I've had it more damn years than I can count anyway
Bm            G              D                 A
I wear it beneath my jacket, with the collar turned up high
Bm        G                 D        A             D   Dsus4   D
So old I should replace it, but I'm not about to try

D                 G              D              A
This shirt's got silver buttons, and a place upon the sleeve
D                G              D                   A
Where I used to set my heart up right there where anyone could see
Bm                G              D            A
This shirt is the one I wore to every boring high school dance
Bm              G                      D                  A          D   Dsus4 D A
Where the boys ignored the girls and we all pretended to like the band

F#m              G             D                       A
This shirt was a pillow for my head on a train through Italy
F#m              G                   D               A
This shirt was a blanket beneath the love we made in Argeles
F#m             G                   D                   A
This shirt was lost for three whole days in a town near Buffalo
Bm                F#m           E7             A         D   Dsus4 D A
Till I found the locker key in a downtown Trailways bus depot


D                 G                   D                A
This shirt is the one I lent you, and when you gave it back
D             G.               D                     A
It had a rip inside the sleeve where you rolled your cigarettes
Bm                 G                                   A
It was the place I put my heart, now look at where you put a tear
Bm             G                                    A
I forgave your thoughtlessness, but not the boy who put it there


F#m                G              D               A
This shirt was the place your cat decided to give birth to five
F#m               G                  D                     A
And we stayed up all night watching, and we wept when the last one died
F#m            G          D              A
This shirt is just an old faded piece of cotton
Bm           F#m.      E7     A                D   Dsus4 D A
Shining like memories inside those silver buttons


D                 G              D                A
This shirt is a grand old relic with a grand old history
D                 G.              D                A
I wear it now for Sunday chores, cleaning house and raking leaves
Bm           G              D                 A
I wear it beneath my jacket with the collar turned up high
Bm        G                 D        A          D   Dsus4 D A
So old I should replace it, but I'm not about to try