verse 1
C Am F G
Took all of the beer bottles from the whole block in my red wagon
C Am F G
Cross the highway, in the vacant lot, I got an orange knee-high
F C G
Baseball cards
C Am
Maria broke the second-story window
F G
With her head and the back of her hand
C Am
Dad wrapped it up in an old bedsheet
F G F C G C
And her husband stood around at the end of the block
Dm G
I saved every little thing
Em F
'Cause it's hard to throw it all away
Dm G
It's all part of my permanent record
C F G C
And I'm gonna go through it all someday
verse 2
C Am
Bought a transistor radio
F G
For a dollar at Brandon's house
C Am
I took it apart then I put it back together
F G F C G
In a spaceship made from a refrigerator box
C Am
I made my own French horn
F G
With a funnel and some garden hose
C Am
I left it out in the knee-high grass
F G F C G C
Night fell, and I never saw it again
Dm G
I saved every little thing
Em F
'Cause it's hard to throw it all away
Dm G
It's all part of my permanent record
C F G C
And I'm gonna go through it all someday
Bridge
G F C
Every little word is a dagger
G F C
Every single look is a diamond ring
G F C
Nothing can erase this moment
Am F
It's all there is, it's everything
C F G (x4)
verse 3
C Am
Rode to my grandpa's funeral
F G
Backseat of a Pontiac Pinto
C Am
Big boy, with my aunt and my uncle
F G F C G
Was the first time I wore a seat belt
C Am
I loved a girl named Shannon
F G
In my third grade class
C Am
I never told her that her hair was golden
F G F C G C
Then I moved away to California
Dm G
I saved every little thing
Em F
'Cause it's hard to throw it all away
Dm G
It's all part of my permanent record
C F G
And I'm gonna go through it all someday
Outro
C F G
And I'm gonna go through it all someday
C F G
Yea, I'm gonna go through it all someday
C F G C
Someday