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