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