C -riff;

E|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|--3-2-0-2---|
A|----------3-|
E|------------|

*kind of play with hammering on and off of the high e string

C G Dm* G
C G Dm G
C C -riff

C           G                   Dm                          G
one burning afternoon under the waxing jurisdiction of the harvest moon.
           C              G
we took a right and we went far away and
 Dm                               G
i remember it as though it were yesterday.
    C           C -riff
at the pet store.

C                        G
the stereo played songs we both knew and
Dm                          G
i reached my arm around and touched you.
            C      G
i felt the sun burning into me and
 Dm                           G
i knew we'd find the physic for my malady
      C       C -riff
at the pet store.

F                    G           C             C
you hair caught the sunlight as you opened the door
F              G                     C               Am
and i'd never seen your hair looking quite that way before.
F                      G                           C
i heard the parakeets punctuate the moment with their
             Am
shrieks and cries.
F          G              C                  Am
i saw the reptile cages reflected in your blue eyes.
             F                  G
their green bodies conspiring therein
          C                         Am
to form a separate universe where it was no sin
   F                     G                        C
to want what i wanted right then and there in the pet store.