Intro
G C D D G C
[Verse 1]
D F#mi
As a little boy, seemed so clear to me
G Bmi
that my days would last forever.
G C
D F#mi
How it came to be was hidden from me
G Bmi
though it couldn’t get much better.
G C D D
That went by faster than a picket fence.
D F#mi
Then appeared to me the cutest woman I’d seen
G Bmi
and I just had to love her.
G C
D F#mi
She would marry me, and fulfill our destiny.
G Bmi
Things just couldn’t get much better.
G C D D
That went by faster than a picket fence.
[Chorus]
G A D G
Sometimes you see the end, but you’re not afraid at all.
G A Bsus B Asus A
Sometimes you just feel right now’s forever.
[Verse 2]
D F#mi G Bmi
Not so long ago, I gave up on anything to save me.
G C
D F#mi
As my words go by, do you say to yourself,
G Bmi
that you’ll never quite believe me
G C D A
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
[SOLO OVER VERSE]
D F#mi G Bmi
G C
D F#mi G Bmi
G C D D
[Chorus]
G A D G
Sometimes you see the end, but you’re not afraid at all.
G A Bsus B Asus A
Sometimes you just feel right now’s forever.
[Verse 3]
D F#mi G Bmi
Not so long ago, I gave up on anything to save me.
G C
D F#mi
As my words go by, do you say to yourself,
G Bmi
that you’ll never quite believe me
G C D D
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
G C D D
That went by faster than a picket fence,
G C D D
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
G C D D
That went by faster than a picket fence,
G C D D
It goes by faster than a picket fence.
G C D D
That went by faster than a picket fence.
G C
Life goes by faster than a picket fence.