The rhythm is in 3 beats like a waltz.    ONE ....2...3... ONE ... 2...3

Chorus:
G      Am         C              D
Down with the shine the perfect shine that poisons the well and ruins my mind
G      Am         C     D      G
I get took for a ride every time down with a glistening shine

Verse 1:
G ... Am ... C ... D
It's in with the new; out with the old; out with the warm and in comes the cold
G ... Am...C ... D...G   ...G
It's the most predictable story told ... in with the young out with the old

Verse 2:
G...Am...C...D ...G
A belly full of high dollar wine... a fat hand a fat wallet too
G   ...Am...C ...  D... G
Things change and get strange with the movement of time ... it's happening right now to you

Bridge
D...D7...G...G
It's a real bad time to bring up the truth ....
D ...D7 ...G... C7
Tough we searched we found no fountain of youth ...   Not in spain 
Em... C  ...D7 ... D ... D
No where near ...  any where close to here

Verse 3: 
G   ... Am  ...C  ...D
Nothings good Because Nothing lasts ... And all that comes it comes here to pass
G ... Am ...C ... D... G
I would voice my pain but the change wouldn't last  ... All that comes it comes here to pass