Intro
Fb Cb/D# C#m A Cb
Verse 1:
Fb Cb
I had a place to live in
Fb Cb
I had a job worth quitting
C#m Cb C#m Cb
I had some things I had to change
Fb Cb
Mistakes but we all make them
Fb Cb/D#
We celebrate being young
C#m Cb C#m Cb
I had the chance to run away
Refrain:
F#m
And I wish upon a satellite
A
that wrong can't
Bb(hold)
turn to right believe me
Chorus 1:
Fb Cb/D#
Then we are (then we are)
Fb Cb/D# C#m
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
Cb Fb
they'll see us through
Cb/D# Fb
We are (we are) our only
Cb C#m
chance in the world
So stand for something
Cb A
cause somethings over due
Cb
And I don't ask for much
Fb Cb/D# C#m
But this could de fine a lifetime
F#m Bb(hold)
A# dead man's hands we are
the only friends we ever had
Post Chorus: Fb C#m A Cb
Verse 2:
Fb Cb
They called it education
Fb Cb
I saw a means to an end
C#m Cb C#m Cb
I saw my life another way
Fb
To live and die
Cb
a king i thought
Fb
There could be worse
Cb/D#
fates to land upon
C#m
And I'd go back home when
Cb C#m Cb
it all blew up in my face
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Fb Cb/D#
Then we are (then we are)
Fb Cb/D# C#m
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
Cb Fb
they'll see us through
Cb/D# Fb
We are (we are) our only
Cb C#m
chance in the world
So stand for something
Cb A
cause somethings over due
Cb
And I don't ask for much
Fb Cb/D# C#m
But this could de fine a lifetime
F#m Bb(hold)
A# dead man's hands we are
Fb Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had
Bridge:
F#m
You need a map to see how far
C#m
I was sticking out my neck
F#m
We all have things that
C#
we all second guess
A B(hold)
And fears of being ordinary
Guitar Solo: Fb Cb Fb Cb C#m Cb C#m Cb x2
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 3:
Fb Cb/D#
Then we are (then we are)
Fb Cb/D# C#m
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
Cb Fb
they'll see us through
Cb/D# Fb
We are (we are) our only
Cb C#m
chance in the world
So stand for something
Cb A
cause somethings over due
Cb
And I don't ask for much
Fb Cb/D# C#m
But this could de fine a lifetime
F#m Cb
A# dead man's hands we are
Fb Cb/D# C#m
the only friends we ever had
F#m Bb(hold)
A# dead man's hands we are
Fb Cb/D# C#m A Fb Cb Cb/D# Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had