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