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