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]
A#sus A# Eb
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
A# Ebsus2
Days and days and days
Eb
Made of lunches And car rides
A#/D
And shirts and socks
Cm7
And grades And piano
A#/D Cm
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
A#sus A# Eb
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
A# Ebsus2
Days and days and days
Eb
Made of posing And bragging
A#/D
And fits of rage
Cm7 A#/D
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Cm7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
C/E Fmaj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
C/E
We read books,
F
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
Am7
Discussed the places we would go.
Dm7 Csus2 Dm7 Em
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
A#sus A#
but no.
[Verse 3]
Eb A#sus A#
That's how it happens:
Ebsus2
Days
Eb A#/D
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Cm7
As a wife I was meant to,
Gm7 Cm
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Gm11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
G D
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
G D
See how we polish and we shine.
G/B A/B Bm
We rearrange and realign.
G D
Everything is balanced and serene.
G Dsus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
Bsus B
Gadd2
Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
C#m7 C#m7/F#
To give away your days
B B/A B
Like me.