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]
Asus A D
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
A Dsus2
Days and days and days
D
Made of lunches And car rides
A/C#
And shirts and socks
Cbm7
And grades And piano
A/C# Cbm
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
Asus A D
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
A Dsus2
Days and days and days
D
Made of posing And bragging
A/C#
And fits of rage
Cbm7 A/C#
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Cbm7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
Cb/D# Fbmaj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
Cb/D#
We read books,
Fb
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
G#m7
Discussed the places we would go.
C#m7 Cbsus2 C#m7 D#m
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
Asus A
but no.
[Verse 3]
D Asus A
That's how it happens:
Dsus2
Days
D A/C#
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Cbm7
As a wife I was meant to,
Gbm7 Cbm
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Gbm11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
Gb C#
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
Gb C#
See how we polish and we shine.
Gb/A# G#/A# A#m
We rearrange and realign.
Gb C#
Everything is balanced and serene.
Gb C#sus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
A#sus A#
Gadd2
Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
Cm7 Cm7/F
To give away your days
A# A#/G# A#
Like me.