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]
Csus C F
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
C Fsus2
Days and days and days
F
Made of lunches And car rides
C/E
And shirts and socks
Dm7
And grades And piano
C/E Dm
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
Csus C F
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
C Fsus2
Days and days and days
F
Made of posing And bragging
C/E
And fits of rage
Dm7 C/E
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Dm7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
D/F# Gmaj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
D/F#
We read books,
G
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
Bm7
Discussed the places we would go.
Em7 Dsus2 Em7 F#m
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
Csus C
but no.
[Verse 3]
F Csus C
That's how it happens:
Fsus2
Days
F C/E
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Dm7
As a wife I was meant to,
Am7 Dm
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Am11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
A E
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
A E
See how we polish and we shine.
A/C# B/C# C#m
We rearrange and realign.
A E
Everything is balanced and serene.
A Esus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
C#sus C#
Gadd2
Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
D#m7 D#m7/G#
To give away your days
C# C#/B C#
Like me.