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