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