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The [A]first thing I remember, 
I was lyin' in my bed
I couldn't have been no 
more than one or [E]two
And I re[A]member there's a radio, 
comin' from the room next door
And my mother laughed the 
way some ladies [E]do
When it's [B7]late in the evening, 
and all the music's seeping [E]through

The [A]next thing I remember, 
I am walkin' down the street
Feelin' all right, I'm with my boys, 
I'm with my [E]troops, yeah
And [A]down along the avenue 
some guys were shooting pool
And I heard the sound of 
a cappella [E]groups, yeah
Singin' [B7]late in the evening, 
and all the girls out on the [E]stoops, yeah

Then I [A]learned to play some lead guitar, 
I was underage in this funky bar
I stepped outside to smoke myself a '[E]J'
[A]When I come back to the room, 
everybody just seemed to move
And I turned my amp up loud 
and I began to [E]play
And it was [B7]late in the evening, 
and I blew that room a[E]way

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The [A]first thing I remember, 
when you came into my life
I said I'm gonna get that girl, 
no matter what I [E]do
Well, I [A]guess I'd been in love 
before and once or twice I been on the floor
But I never loved no one the way 
that [E]I loved you
It was [B7]late in the evening and 
all the music seeping [E]through

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