C                    G               D
Summer nights by the old marina in a seaside town south of Mendocino
        C                          G               D                    G
We were college bound kids getting all untied we'd sleep all day and be up all night 
C                     Em                       D
Spent our time numbin our minds on nirvana and fireball
         C                        Em                          D                 
Ain't it funny how time flies and those nights get harder and harder to recall


[Chorus]

   G                    D                                G
Oh I miss, I miss sweet Monterey fast boats and hot lazy days
                                C
You up on my shoulders with the fireworks raining down
                        G
We couldn't wait to get out of there
                      D
But now I know what I had back there
        C                   Em             D
In Monterey   (Yeah - e - yeah    oh - a - oh) 


[Verse]

  C                          G                        D
Police lights flashin on the girls of summer, dumping beer on a beach man what a bummer
        C                           G                       D                          G
We were Frat house camping, we were beer bong kings, didn't have twenty dollars but we had everything
C                        Em                       D
Football by truck light, guitars and fist fights, talking round fires till dawn
         C                  Em                     D
Smell of sunrise coffee and holdin sweet Maggie as she nodded off in my arms


[Chorus]

   G                    D                                G
Oh I miss, I miss sweet Monterey fast boats and hot lazy days
                                C
You up on my shoulders with the fireworks raining down
                        G
We couldn't wait to get out of there
                      D
But now I know what I had back there
        C                   Em             D
In Monterey   (Yeah - e - yeah    oh - a - oh) 


[Solo]

G     D     G     C     Em      D    

C               Em             D
  (Yeah - e - yeah    oh - a - oh)
C               Em             D
  (Yeah - e - yeah    oh - a - oh)


[Chorus]

   G                    D                                G
Oh I miss, I miss sweet Monterey fast boats and hot lazy days
                                C
You up on my shoulders with the fireworks raining down
                        G
We couldn't wait to get out of there
                      D
But now I know what I had back there
        C                   Em             D
In Monterey   (Yeah - e - yeah    oh - a - oh) 
        C                   Em             D
In Monterey   (Yeah - e - yeah    oh - a - oh) 
        C         Em         G             D
In Monterey