INTRO:
(G)
E|-7---|
B|-0---|
G|-0---|
D|-9---|
A|-10--|
E|-8---|VERSE:
(G)
E|-(7)------------10-------|
B|--0--------------0-------|
G|--0--------------0-------|
D|--9--------------9-------| (x3)
A|--10------------10-------|
E|--8-------------10-------|
Oh it was white sand and deep blue waves
We were running up to shore
Sun glints on sparkling faces
(G) (F#/G) (Em) (G) (F#/G) (F/G) hold
E|--10----10------10------------10------10------10--|
B|--0------0-------0------------0-------0-------0---|
G|--0------0-------0------------0-------0-------0---|
D|--9------9-------9------------9-------9-------9---|
A|--10-----9-------7------------10------9-------8---|
E|--x------x-------x------------x-------x-------x---|
I dont feel or see anymore, I dont feel or see anymore
AmCGAmCG
To be young, to be young
AmCG
Were just leaves, leaves, floating on down the stream
AmCG
My job, my house, my car, my whole social scene
DmGCAm
So high are the stakes, every move we make
FGC
Sends us down, down, down in that stream
CHORUS:
FAm
Here in the only life I know
G
Those summer days rush out like warm air from my lungs
FAm
Thats just the way the story goes
G
All Ive learned I still wish I didnt know
G Am C G (x2)
All I didnt know, oh, when we were young
VERSE:
AmCG
When I was young I told myself Id keep my friends
AmCG
They were good and I was true, didnt need to end
DmG
Oh how theyve risen they fallen
CAm
Like the sun circles round
FGAm
Guess Ive done just as well as anyone
FGC
Hard to accept it, Im just anyone
FAm
But here in this only life I know
G
Those summer days rush out like water from the lawn
FAm
Its just the way the story goes
G
Stand in line now and talk about the day when we were young
INTERLUDE:
Am C G (x4)
DmGCAmFGAmFG
VERSE (like intro):
G
My conscious couldve sunbathed
Every day in my bright blue mind
Now its crowded with guilt and purpose and
GF#/GEm
I just want it all aligned
GF#/GEm
I just want it all aligned
GF#/GF/G
I just want it all aligned
FGAmG
Here in the only life I know
FGAm
Thats just the way the story goes
G
And Ill be damned, Ill be damned
CHORUS:
FAm
Here in the only life I know
G
Not taking notice I dont know which way to go
FAm
Its just the way the story goes
G
Ill be damned if Im to live it out alone
FGAm
Here in the only life I know
G
With any waste of time it hits so close to home
FGAm
Its just the way the story goes
G
Ill be damned if Im to live it out alone
I wont live it out alone
Wont live it out alone
VERSE:
AmCG
Were just leaves, leaves, floating on down the stream
AmCG
My job my house my clothes my whole social scene
DmG
So high are the stakes
DmGCAm
So high are the stakes, every move we make
FGAm
Sends us down, down, down in that stream
DmGCAm
And one day, one day, one bright clear day
FGAm
I think we all might just disappear
FGCAm
Sink on down in that river cold and clear, my dear
FGAm
On down like leaves in an icy stream
FGC
On down like leaves to the bottom of an icy stream