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