F#m           Bm7           F#m           Bm7
F#m           Bm7           F#m           Bm7   D E


[Verse]
F#m
Gonna write you a letter
Bm7
Gonna mail it today-ay
F#m
So you won't escape from
Bm7
These things I wanna say


[Verse]
F#m
I wanna thank you for the privilege
Bm7
I wanna thank you for the pain
F#m
I'll be handin' you the ashes
Bm7
I wanna thank you for-or the game


[Pre-Chorus]
A
 We stood on the balcony
A6                     Amaj7              A6
   And we watched it together
D
 We were modern men and women
D6                       Dmaj7            D6
   Who changed like the weather
        A             A6        Amaj7         A6
We were one day goin' hot, the next day goin' cold
D                D6           D                D6
One day growin' restless, the next day growin' old


[Chorus]
F#m                       Bm7
Waiting for the countdown,
                   F#m        Bm7         F#m
in the summer of '81
F#m                        Bm7
Sign up or go underground,
                   F#m        Bm7         F#m
in the summer of '81


[Verse]
F#m
There's no time for leather
Bm7
And there's no one on the floor
F#m
So I'll pretend that we're together
Bm7
I don't want to go alone, no-no-no-no


[Interlude]
F#m         Bm7         F#m        Bm7
F#m         Bm7         F#m        Bm7   D E


[Pre-Chorus]
A
 We stood on the balcony
A6                     Amaj7              A6
   And we watched it together
D
 We were modern men and women
D6                       Dmaj7            D6
   Who changed like the weather
        A             A6        Amaj7         A6
We were one day goin' hot, the next day goin' cold
D                D6           D                D6
One day growin' restless, the next day growin' old


[Chorus]
F#m                       Bm7
Waiting for the countdown,
                   F#m        Bm7         F#m
in the summer of '81
F#m                        Bm7
Sign up or go underground,
                   F#m        Bm7         F#m
in the summer of '81
        F#m                       Bm7
We were waiting for the countdown,
                    F#m
in the summer of '81
F#m                       Bm7
Sign up or go underground,
                   F#m        Bm7         F#m
in the summer of '81
             F#m                       Bm7
Well we were waiting for the countdown
                   F#m
in the summer of '81


[Outro]
F#m                              Bm7
Waiting for the countdown in the summer of '81
F#m                              Bm7
Waiting for the countdown in the summer of '81
F#m                       Bm7
Waiting for the countdown,
                   F#m
in the summer of '81
            Bm7         F#m        Bm7
F#m         Bm7         F#m        Bm7   D E
F#m         Bm7         F#m        Bm7
F#m         Bm7         F#m        Bm7   D E