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]
Fsus F A#
Days and days and days—that's how it happens:
F A#sus2
Days and days and days
A#
Made of lunches And car rides
F/A
And shirts and socks
Gm7
And grades And piano
F/A Gm
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
[Verse 2]
Fsus F A#
Days and days and days— that's how it happens:
F A#sus2
Days and days and days
A#
Made of posing And bragging
F/A
And fits of rage
Gm7 F/A
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Gm7
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
G/B Cmaj9
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
G/B
We read books,
C
Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends,
Em7
Discussed the places we would go.
Am7 Gsus2 Am7 Bm
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no,
Fsus F
but no.
[Verse 3]
A# Fsus F
That's how it happens:
A#sus2
Days
A# F/A
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Gm7
As a wife I was meant to,
Dm7 Gm
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Dm11
Days and days and days and days and days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
D A
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
D A
See how we polish and we shine.
D/F# E/F# F#m
We rearrange and realign.
D A
Everything is balanced and serene.
D Asus2 N.C.
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
F#sus F#
Gadd2
Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you
G#m7 G#m7/C#
To give away your days
F# F#/E F#
Like me.