verse 1 In the family home Your sister held her head in her hands You should know That's how we became friends Your sister and I held our heads in the sand Hiding from your old man It's different now but it wasn't then She's a good friend **Play intro riff starting on chord with 'friend'** verse 2 The family home Ice cream cone Plasma screen Magazines By the downstairs' phone (By the phone) Like a girl's best friend (Like a girl's best friend) (By the phone) Sharing a bed with my girl's best friend Then her leg brushed my hand It's funny now but it wasn't then She's a good friend (In the family home) She's a real good friend (In the family, in the family home) In the family home (In the family home) In the family home (In the family, in the family home) Interlude (repeat as needed) (before going into third verse) verse 3 In the family home Your father held his breath in the sedan He should know He missed his afternoon show The sun rains down with the afternoon's glow It's a lie that you know He spent all those years in that light And then it went all up **I prefer not to end with the * e|---------4-----| B|-6-6--\2---2-4-| G|---------------| D|---------------| A|-4-------------| E|-------2-----4-|