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All songs  /  David Alan Graham

Receipts

You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts.

B♭ major123 BPM4/45:00Beach Countrymedium confidence
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Verse 1

Got a gas station coffee ring on a Waffle House check
Two tickets to a show neither one of us could forget
A parking pass from that lake we weren't supposed to find
And a twenty in my console that's been there since July

Pre-Chorus

I ain't much for pictures, never posted us online
But there's a glovebox full of proof we had a good time
Every crumpled little paper's got a story to tell…

Chorus

You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
Every fill-up, every dive bar, every 2 AM we eat
Every "keep the change" and "one more round" and "baby, follow me"
No, you can't frame a summer —
But I got a shoebox full of sweet
Yeah, you can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts

Verse 2

There's a cracked-up phone case from the night you made me laugh
A ballpark ticket stub still sittin' in my dash
A handwritten napkin where you signed your number down
Some sunscreen and a seashell from a town I can't pronounce

Pre-Chorus

I ain't much for memory books, never been that kind
But I got every little scrap of you tucked somewhere I can find
Every crumpled little paper's got a story to tell…

Chorus

You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
Every fill-up, every dive bar, every 2 AM we eat
Every "keep the change" and "one more round" and "baby, follow me"
No, you can't frame a summer —
But I got a shoebox full of sweet
Yeah, you can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts

Bridge

Some folks got the polaroids, some folks got the highlight reel
I got a glove box and a shoebox and a whole lot of proof it was real
And when I'm eighty years old in a rocking chair someday
I'll still have every wrinkled piece of every perfect runaway

Final Chorus — lift with full band and gang vocals

You can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
Every fill-up, every dive bar, every 2 AM we eat
Every "keep the change" and "one more round" and "baby, follow me"
No, you can't frame a summer —
But I got a shoebox full of sweet
Yeah, you can't frame a summer, but you sure can save the receipts
(Whoa-oh!) I'm gonna save the receipts

Outro — stripped back, vocal forward, claps

Every little piece of paper, every little piece of you
Every little crumpled summer, every little thing we'd do
You can't frame a summer —
But baby, I saved the receipts

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Playing in B♭ major
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Intro  F B♭ F Gm F B♭ F E♭

Verse 1

FGot a gas station coffee E♭ring on a Waffle House B♭check

E♭Two tickets to a show neither one of us could Fforget

A parking B♭pass from that lake E♭we weren't supposed to Gmfind

And B♭a twenty in my console that's Fbeen there since July

Pre-Chorus

E♭I Gmain't much for E♭pictures, never posted Fus online

GmBut there's a glovebox Cmfull of proof we E♭had a good Ftime

Every crumpled little paper's Cmgot a story to Dmtell…

Chorus

GmYou can't frame a summer, E♭but you sure can save the receipts

Every Gmfill-up, every dive E♭bar, every 2 CmAM we eat

FEvery Gm"keep the change" and "one E♭more round" and "baby, Gmfollow me"

E♭mNo, E♭you can't frame a summer

But FI got a shoebox Gmfull of sweet

Yeah, E♭you can't frame a summer, B♭but you sure can save Gmthe receipts

Verse 2

CmThere's E♭a cracked-up phone case from the night you made E♭mme laugh

A B♭ballpark ticket E♭mstub still sittin' in my Fdash

A handwritten B♭napkin where you E♭signed your number B♭down

Some sunscreen and Gma seashell from a Ftown I can't pronounce

Pre-Chorus

B♭I E♭main't much for E♭memory books, Fnever been that kind

B♭But E♭mI got every little Cmscrap of you tucked somewhere E♭mI can find

FEvery crumpled little Cmpaper's Fgot a story to tell…

Chorus

GmYou can't frame a summer, Fbut you sure can E♭msave the receipts

B♭Every E♭fill-up, every dive Cmbar, every 2 AM Fwe eat

Every B♭"keep the change" and "one more E♭round" and "baby, Gmfollow me"

E♭No, you can't E♭mframe a summer

But I Fgot a shoebox full Gmof sweet

E♭mYeah, you can't Gmframe a summer, but E♭myou sure can save E♭the receipts

Bridge

Some folks got the polaroids, some E♭mfolks got the highlight reel

I got B♭a glove box and a shoebox and a whole lot of E♭mproof it was real

And when GmI'm eighty years old in a rocking chair E♭someday

I'll E♭mstill have Fevery wrinkled piece of every Dmperfect runaway

Final Chorus — lift with full band and gang vocals

FYou can't frame a B♭summer, but you sure E♭can save the receipts

B♭Every fill-up, every dive E♭mbar, every 2 FAM we eat

Every E♭m"keep the change" and "one more round" and "baby, E♭follow me"

E♭mNo, you B♭can't frame a summer

DmBut I got a shoebox Gmfull of sweet

E♭mYeah, you E♭can't frame a summer, B♭but you sure can save E♭mthe receipts

(Whoa-oh!) FI'm gonna save E♭the Dmreceipts

Outro — stripped back, vocal forward, claps

Every little piece of Fpaper, every little piece of E♭you

Every little crumpled B♭summer, every little thing we'd E♭mdo

You can't Fframe a summer E♭m

But baby, I saved the E♭receipts

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Lead sheet for Receipts