Intro: GDCGEDGCGDCG Verse I: G D I was thinking back C G To the first time we met G D Over plangent chords G/B C In a sad vignette G D You were waving goodbye C G In a cherry red corvette Em D C And your lips were too G D Cherry red that is, C G with the sky so blue Em D It was almost mean G/B C and your eyes were too G D So blue that is, C G now I am too Em D C And my heart burns cherry red for you Chorus: G Em C G Now my heart burns cherry red for you Em D C G Like a fire of beech wood, the saw don't like it Em D C G But you get some cut, one match will strike it Em D C And the embers glow till the wee small hours Em D C When the old seems almost new Am G/B C That's when my heart burns cherry red for you Verse II: It was cherry red with custom flames At the hot rod show when the Kingsmen came And that bass guitar, it rattled my frame And it shook you too The corvette was Big Daddy Roth's design Get your picture for a dollar And have it signed First you got yours then I got mine And my heart burned cherry red for you Chorus: Now my heart burns cherry red for you Like a fire of beech wood, the saw don't like it But you get some cut, one match will strike it And the embers glow till the wee small hours When the old seems almost new That's when my heart burns cherry red for you That's when my heart Burns cherry red My heart burns cherry red That's when my heart burns Cherry red for you Verse III: Now that fake blue sky, It sure looks real Like you were goin' To California to make a deal With the God of youth, With the man of steel Waving toodle-oo Now if I was young, I might track you down But this old picture is all I found Now my bones are shakin', My teeth are ground down And my heart burns cherry red for you Chorus III: Now my heart burns cherry red for you Like a fire of beech wood, the sun don't like it But you get some cut, one match will strike it And the embers glow till the wee small hours When the old seems almost new That's when my heart burns cherry red That's when my heart burns cherry red That's when my heart burns cherry red for you