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