Standard Tuning EADGBe 

Intro: D (for dozens of measures) 


Verse 1: 

                  A 
That's how it starts
                    D  
We go back to your house
              A  
We check the charts
                     D 
And start to figure it out
                             A 
And if it's crowded, all the better
                                   D 
Because we know we're gonna be up late
                                 A 
But if you're worried about the weather
                                    D 
Then you picked the wrong place to stay
                A 
That's how it starts.......


Verse 2:

            A 
And so it starts
                     D 
You switch the engine on
             A           
We set controls for the heart of the sun
                            D 
one of the ways we show our age
            A 
And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
                                 D 
And I still don't wanna stagger home
               A 
Then it's the memory of our betters
                            D 
That are keeping us on our feet


Chorus 1: 

                   A 
You spent the first 5 years trying to get with the plan
                                                         D 
And the next 5 years trying to be with your friends again
                 A 
You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
                                                       D 
Teah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend


Verse 3:

           A 
It comes apart
                         D 
The way it does in bad films
            A 
Except in parts
                      D 
When the moral kicks in
                                      A 
Though when we're running out of the drugs
                                D 
And the conversation's winding away
                               A 
I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
                           D 
For another five years of lies


Chorus 2:

                  A 
Oh, you drop the first 10 years just as fast as you can
                                              D 
And the next ten people who are trying to be polite
                     A 
When you're blowing 85 days in the middle of France
                                                        D 
Yeah, I know it gets tired only where are your friends tonight?


Verse 4: 

                 A 
And to tell the truth
                       D 
Oh, this could be the last time
            A 
So here we go
                             D 
Like a sales force into the night
          A  
And if I made a fool, if I made a fool, if I made a fool
                             D 
on the road, there's always this
                           A 
And if I'm sewn into submission
                           D 
I can still come home to this


Chorus 3: 

            A 
And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand
                                               D 
You can sleep on the plane or review what you said
             A 
When you're drunk and the kids leave impossible tasks
                                             D 
You think over and over, "hey, I'm finally dead."


Chorus 4:

            A  
Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand
                                                D    
You look contorted on yourself your ridiculous prop
          A