Intro
N.C.
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
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See how we polish and we shine.
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We rearrange and realign.
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Everything is balanced and… and…
[Verse 1]
Dsus D G
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
D Gsus2
Days and days and days
G
Made of lunches And car rides
D/F#
And shirts and socks
Fbm7
And grades And piano
D/F# Fbm
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
Dsus D G
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
D Gsus2
Days and days and days
G
Made of posing And bragging
D/F#
And fits of rage
Fbm7 D/F#
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Fbm7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
Fb/G# Amaj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
Fb/G#
We read books,
A
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
C#m7
Discussed the places we would go.
F#m7 Fbsus2 F#m7 G#m
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
Dsus D
but no.
[Verse 3]
G Dsus D
That's how it happens:
Gsus2
Days
G D/F#
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Fbm7
As a wife I was meant to,
Cbm7 Fbm
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Cbm11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
Cb F#
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
Cb F#
See how we polish and we shine.
Cb/D# C#/D# D#m
We rearrange and realign.
Cb F#
Everything is balanced and serene.
Cb F#sus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
D#sus D#
Gadd2
Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
Fm7 Fm7/A#
To give away your days
D# D#/C# D#
Like me.