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