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