Verse
C
The traffic light
Waits for you to tell me the
Am
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
Am
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,
Am
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 Am
What I left behind, what I left behind
Verse 2
C
Need a change
Am
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
Am
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,
Am
everything that you ever said
G
Bout how Id never want to see you again
F Dm
Well this is what I, what I left behind
F
Forgetting about ourselves
Am
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
Am
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,
Am
everything that you ever said
G
Bout how Id never want to see you again
F Am
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