Intro
C#
[Verse]
A#m
I see guys at night drinking in bars
Talking to girls and driving cars
C#
They heard about this place from a magazine
One of their best friends has been
F#
They all laugh and joke like there’s nothing wrong
D#m C#
Like they are right where they belong
A#m
She met a guy, they went on a date
She liked him, but it was getting late
C#
He called again, but she let it ring
She needs a little more time to think
F#
She reads the paper on the train
D#m
A# guy stares the entire way
C# F# C#
[Verse]
A#m
He got a job right out of school
His place is small, but it has a pool
C#
It’s just a couple of stops away
He feels a sadness that he can’t explain
F#
It’s hard for him to have fun
D#m
His mother died when he was young
[Chorus]
C#
Yesterday I had a life (I had a life)
I had a home (I had a home)
C#
I wore a smile (I wore a smile)
To sell my soul (to sell my soul)
A#m
My tie was blue (my tie was blue)
And my shirt was white (my shirt was white)
A#m
So why can’t I figure out
How to feel alright?
F#
I know this could be mine again
D#m
If you would just tell me what I need to change
[Solo]
A#m A#m C# C# 2x
F# D#
[Bridge]
C#
I’ve seen enough (I've seen enough)
I’ll never go back (I'll never go back)
C#
I’ll never get my life (get my life)
Back on track (back on track)
A#m
They all say so much (say so much)
But say nothing at all (nothing at all)
A#m
The world is so big and I feel so fucking small
F#
And then I think to myself and sigh
D#m
How can you really give up
When you never tried?
[Verse]
A#m
One day I called in sick, but I was right outside
I just sat down on a bench and cried
C#
I saw this child playing in the street
His whole life right there under his feet
F#
I knew that what you do, that’s all there is
D#m
But then I went upstairs and sat down at my desk
[Interlude]
C# 4x
C#
I don’t fit in, but I don’t feel bad
C#
You can’t miss a feeling that you never had
C#
I know it’s a sham, but it seemed so real
C#
And what I had to be, isn’t who I am
You see
C#
The man I see (man I see)
He would never dream (never dream)
C#
I just took the life (took the life)
They handed me (handed me)
A#m
I remember this like it was (like it was)
Yesterday (yesterday)
A#m
Even though it now seems (now it seems)
So far away (far away)
F#
I’ve learned much more than he’ll ever know
D#m
So what do we do now, and where do we go?
[Outro]
C# F# C# F# 4x