Intro
D#m Cb A# D#m Cb C# x2 Dm(hold)
Verse 1:
D#m
You never really knew
the things you learned
Cb
would matter the things
F#
you did and didn't do
A#
would someday find you
the things you hate the
D#m Cb
most the lessons on piano
the books you read in
F#
Sunday school I swear
A#
I'd trade in anything
to be young again
Cb F# D#m C#
And all these things
Cb D#m C# A#m A#/D
are lessons in living
Chorus 1:
D#m
It seems like we're
F#
all fighting to be
A#
more than who we
D#m Cb
are Life has been
F#
a test of virtue
A# D#m
and humility so far
Cb
cause give and take
don't matter either
D#m Cb
way Fuck up and draw
D#m
the lottery Rochambo
G#m
for poverty Destination
D#m Cb A# D#m Cb C# x2 Dm(hold)
anywhere but here.
Verse 2:
D#m
Here I go again
feeling sorry for
Cb
myself A#m I getting
F#
old at heart too
A#
old to pretend
that everything is
D#m
alright? Have I had
Cb
a choice? Walking
F#
past a threshold
into the change
A#
and your life is
never the same
Cb
again And all
F# D#m C#
these things
Cb
are lessons
D#m C# A#m A#/D
in living
Chorus 2:
D#m
It seems like we're
F#
all fighting to be
A#
more than who we
D#m Cb
are Life has been
F#
a test of virtue
A# D#m
and humility so far
Cb
cause give and take
don't matter either
D#m Cb
way Fuck up and draw
D#m
the lottery Rochambo
G#m
for poverty Destination
anywhere but here
Guitar Solo:
D#m C# D#m Cb
then
D#m Cb F# A# x2
Verse 3:
Cb
My mind is
F# D#m C# Cb
o-pen I scream
D#m C# A#m A#/D
for better things
Chorus 3:
D#m
It seems like we're
F#
all fighting to be
A#
more than who we
D#m Cb
are Life has been
F#
a test of virtue
A# D#m
and humility so far
Cb
cause give and take
don't matter either
D#m Cb
way Fuck up and draw
D#m
the lottery Rochambo
G#m
for poverty Destination
Dm(hold)
anywhere but here