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 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 And her husband stood around at the end of the block Chorus 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 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 Night fell, and I never saw it again Chorus 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 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 Then I moved away to California Chorus 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 GC Someday