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