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