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