Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: Drumbeats

E  B C#m A  C#m B  x2


Verse 1:
E       B      C#m    A      C#m B
  And I wish I wasn't waiting
E
  This place gets 
B            C#m A  C#m B
smaller everyday
E 
  coz We all 
     B     C#m
have characters 
   A
and we know the 
C#m      B
parts we play
     E
We're actors
    B     C#m
and actresses
       A  C#m
that's all 
       B  
Please take me away


Interlude: E  B C#m A  C#m B  x2


Verse 2:
E       B
  And I just want 
C#m      A   C#m B
to start over
E           B
  These are things 
    C#m     A     C#m B
I'd like to change
E            B   C#m
  I miss the innocence
    A
when the doors all 
 C#m       B
stood wide open
E
  The sun's gone 
B       C#m    A   C#m B
down on better days


Chorus 1:
C#m
   And If I let 
B   A
you know nothing
    Abm     F#m
can last forever
E
  I never thought
B
everything would 
A     B
change 
C#m             B  A
   And If I let it go
nothing can last forever
E
  I never thought
B                A
everything would change
             B
Well maybe I did
           E  B C#m A
Just not today
C#m   B     E  B C#m A C#m B
   no not today


Verse 3:
E            B   C#m
  I miss the innocence
    A
when the doors all 
 C#m       B
stood wide open
E
  The sun's gone 
B       C#m    A   C#m B
down on better days


Chorus 2:
C#m
   And If I let 
B   A
you know nothing
    Abm     F#m
can last forever
E
  I never thought
B
everything would 
A     B
change 
C#m             B  A
   And If I let it go
nothing can last forever
E
  I never thought
B                A
everything would change
             B
Well maybe I did
           E   x3, E B/D# C#m B 
Just not today


Outro:
E B C#m        A
       I never thought
                  E     B C#m
that things would change
        A
I never thought
                  E
that things would change
           B
I miss the innocence yeah
C#m           A
   I miss the innocence yeah
E             B
   I miss the innocence yeah
C#m           A
   I miss the innocence yeah


Guitar Solo: E B C#m A  x4, E(Hold)