Intro
N.C.
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
N.C.
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]
Gbsus Gb Cb
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
Gb Cbsus2
Days and days and days
Cb
Made of lunches And car rides
Gb/A#
And shirts and socks
Abm7
And grades And piano
Gb/A# Abm
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
Gbsus Gb Cb
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
Gb Cbsus2
Days and days and days
Cb
Made of posing And bragging
Gb/A#
And fits of rage
Abm7 Gb/A#
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Abm7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
Ab/C Dbmaj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
Ab/C
We read books,
Db
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
Fm7
Discussed the places we would go.
A#m7 Absus2 A#m7 Cm
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
Gbsus Gb
but no.
[Verse 3]
Cb Gbsus Gb
That's how it happens:
Cbsus2
Days
Cb Gb/A#
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Abm7
As a wife I was meant to,
Ebm7 Abm
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Ebm11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
Eb A#
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
Eb A#
See how we polish and we shine.
Eb/G F/G Gm
We rearrange and realign.
Eb A#
Everything is balanced and serene.
Eb A#sus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
Gsus G
Gadd2
Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
Am7 Am7/D
To give away your days
G G/F G
Like me.