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]
Gsus G C
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
G Csus2
Days and days and days
C
Made of lunches And car rides
G/B
And shirts and socks
Am7
And grades And piano
G/B Am
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
Gsus G C
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
G Csus2
Days and days and days
C
Made of posing And bragging
G/B
And fits of rage
Am7 G/B
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Am7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
A/C# Dmaj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
A/C#
We read books,
D
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
F#m7
Discussed the places we would go.
Bm7 Asus2 Bm7 C#m
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
Gsus G
but no.
[Verse 3]
C Gsus G
That's how it happens:
Csus2
Days
C G/B
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Am7
As a wife I was meant to,
Fbm7 Am
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Fbm11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
Fb B
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
Fb B
See how we polish and we shine.
Fb/G# F#/G# G#m
We rearrange and realign.
Fb B
Everything is balanced and serene.
Fb Bsus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
G#sus G#
Gadd2
Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
A#m7 A#m7/D#
To give away your days
G# G#/F# G#
Like me.