Verse
A
The traffic light
Waits for you to tell me the
F#m
tale of a shattered life, tonight
And I just passed by when you have
E
had the chance to fight
Or would you spend your last days alone
Thinkin nobody would have cared
D
Or known just look me in the eye and see that its a light
E A (leads into chorus)
So you're telling me,
Chorus
E
This is how you're going down
F#m
You thought that I never really wanted you around
A
Well you are way off track to think like that
E D
Coz now you have taken back,
F#m
everything that you ever said
E
Bout how Id never want to see you again
D
Well this is what I, what I left behind
A F#m
What I left behind, what I left behind
Verse 2
A
Need a change
F#m
In a minute of my time did I get your name?
Well you say, that I haven't been
E
asked that in years now I think,
the traffic light that stood in the way
D
So that I can hear what you had to say
Im half way through your story
E A
Cant help thinking that you're just like me
Chorus
E
This is how you're going down
F#m
You thought that I never really wanted you around
A
Well you are way off track to think like that
E D
Coz now you have taken back,
F#m
everything that you ever said
E
Bout how Id never want to see you again
D Bm
Well this is what I, what I left behind
D
Forgetting about ourselves
F#m
Is like history that dust is covering
E D
left on the shelf, on the shelf
E (single strum)
The crosswalks make the way for us to say what we need to say
Chorus
A E
Yeah, this is how you're going down
F#m
You thought that I never really wanted you around
A
Well you are way off track to think like that
E D
Coz now you have taken back,
F#m
everything that you ever said
E
Bout how Id never want to see you again
D F#m
Well this is what I, what I left behind
(So your telling me)
(This is how you're going down)
D
This is what I, what I left behind