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