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