Key of A Tempo 4/4, 140 bpm Tune drop Db & flat, low to high: Db Ab Db Gb Bb eb PRELUDE B5 C#5 A5 * F#5 INTRO Db | -8--------12---------- | -5--------- | -8--------5----------- | -0------------- | VERSE I A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 Nobody ever had a dream round here A5 F#5 C#5 F#5 But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 Nobody ever pulls the seams round here A5 F#5 C#5 F#5 But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me PRE-CHORUS E5 F#5 B5 A5 I've got this energy beneath my feet D5 E5 C#5 D5 Like something underground's gonna come up and carry me, E5 F#5 B5 A5 I've got this sentimental heart that beats D5 E5 C#5 D5 But I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me E5 C#5 Now CHORUS C#5 F#5 Why do you waste my time? C#5 D5 E5 A5 Is the answer to the question on your mind F#5 C#5 And I'm sick of all my judges D5 E5 C#5 So scared of what they'll find F#5 C#5 But I know that I can make it D5 E5 A5 As long as somebody takes me home Bb5 B5 B5 C#5 Every now and then BRIDGE A5 C#5 F#5 Have you ever seen the lights? A5 C#5 F#5 Have you ever seen the lights? VERSE II A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 I took a shuttle on a shockwave ride A5 F#5 C#5 F#5 Where people on the pen pull the trigger for accolades A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 I took a bullet and i looked inside A5 F#5 D5 F#5 And running through my veins an American masquerade PRE-CHORUS E5 F#5 B5 A5 I still remember grandma Dixie's wake D5 E5 C#5 D5 I never really known anybody that died before E5 F#5 B5 A5 Red white and blue upon a birthday cake D5 E5 C#5 D5 my brother, he was born on the fourth of July E5 C#5 And that's all CHORUS C#5 F#5 Why do you waste my time? C#5 D5 E5 A5 Is the answer to the question on your mind F#5 C#5 And I'm sick of all my judges D5 E5 C#5 So scared of what they'll find F#5 C#5 But I know that I can make it D5 E5 A5 As long as somebody takes me home Ab5 F#5 Bb5 * Every now and then B5 C#5 Every now and then D5 E5 Every now and then OUTRO A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 D5 C#5 E5 You know I see Lon-don, I see Sam's Town A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 D5 C#5 E5 Holds my hand and let's my hair down A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 D5 C#5 E5 Rolls that world right off my shoulder A5 C#5 F#5 C#5 D5 C#5 E5 I see Lon-don, I see Sam's Town F#5 Now