Key: Eb5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: Eb5 Bb5 C5 Ab5 Bb5
Verse 1:
Eb5 Bb5
I had a place to live in
Eb5 Bb5
I had a job worth quitting
C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5
I had some things I had to change
Eb5 Bb5
Mistakes but we all make them
Eb5 Bb5
We celebrate being young
C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5
I had the chance to run away
Refrain:
F5
And I wish upon a satellite
Ab5
that wrong can't
Bb(hold)
turn to right believe me
Chorus 1:
Eb5 Bb5
Then we are (then we are)
Eb5 Bb5 C5
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
Bb5 Eb5
they'll see us through
Bb5 Eb5
We are (we are) our only
Bb5 C5
chance in the world
So stand for something
Bb5 Ab5
cause somethings over due
Bb5
And I don't ask for much
Eb5 Bb5 C5
But this could de fine a lifetime
F5 Bb(hold)
A dead man's hands we are
the only friends we ever had
Post Biss: Eb5 C5 Ab5 Bb5
Verse 2:
Eb5 Bb5
They called it education
Eb5 Bb5
I saw a means to an end
C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5
I saw my life another way
Eb5
To live and die
Bb5
a king i thought
Eb5
There could be worse
Bb5
fates to land upon
C5
And I'd go back home when
Bb5 C5 Bb5
it all blew up in my face
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Eb5 Bb5
Then we are (then we are)
Eb5 Bb5 C5
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
Bb5 Eb5
they'll see us through
Bb5 Eb5
We are (we are) our only
Bb5 C5
chance in the world
So stand for something
Bb5 Ab5
cause somethings over due
Bb5
And I don't ask for much
Eb5 Bb5 C5
But this could de fine a lifetime
F5 Bb(hold)
A dead man's hands we are
Eb5 Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had
Bridge:
F5
You need a map to see how far
C5
I was sticking out my neck
F5
We all have things that
C5
we all second guess
Ab5 B(hold)
And fears of being ordinary
Guitar Solo: Eb5 Bb5 Eb5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5 x2
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 3:
Eb5 Bb5
Then we are (then we are)
Eb5 Bb5 C5
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
Bb5 Eb5
they'll see us through
Bb5 Eb5
We are (we are) our only
Bb5 C5
chance in the world
So stand for something
Bb5 Ab5
cause somethings over due
Bb5
And I don't ask for much
Eb5 Bb5 C5
But this could de fine a lifetime
F5 Bb5
A dead man's hands we are
Eb5 Bb5 C5
the only friends we ever had
F5 Bb(hold)
A dead man's hands we are
Eb5 Bb5 C5 Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 Bb5 Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had
