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