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