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