Intro
N.C.
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
N.C.
See how we polish and we shine.
N.C.
We rearrange and realign.
N.C.
Everything is balanced and… and…
[Verse 1]
Ebsus Eb Ab
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
Eb Absus2
Days and days and days
Ab
Made of lunches And car rides
Eb/G
And shirts and socks
Fm7
And grades And piano
Eb/G Fm
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
Ebsus Eb Ab
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
Eb Absus2
Days and days and days
Ab
Made of posing And bragging
Eb/G
And fits of rage
Fm7 Eb/G
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Fm7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
F/A A#maj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
F/A
We read books,
A#
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
Dm7
Discussed the places we would go.
Gm7 Fsus2 Gm7 Am
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
Ebsus Eb
but no.
[Verse 3]
Ab Ebsus Eb
That's how it happens:
Absus2
Days
Ab Eb/G
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Fm7
As a wife I was meant to,
Cm7 Fm
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Cm11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
C G
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
C G
See how we polish and we shine.
C/E D/E Em
We rearrange and realign.
C G
Everything is balanced and serene.
C Gsus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
Esus E
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Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
F#m7 F#m7/B
To give away your days
E E/D E
Like me.