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