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