My first tab, yay! "A Lifetime" - Better Than Ezra - Acoustic Version **CAPO 2** Chord Variations ================ C x32010 G 320003 D/F#m 200232 Cadd9 x32033 G* 320033 Dsus2 200233 D xx0232 Am x02210 Am7 x02010 ================ C G Allie woke up 8AM D/F#m Graduation day. Cadd9 Got into a car, G* Dsus2 And crashed along the way. C G When we arrived late to the wake, Dsus2 Stole the urn while they looked away, Cadd9 And drove to the beach G* D/F#m 'Cause I knew you'd want it that way. Am Am7 And you were standing on the hood of the car C D/F#m Singing out loud when the sun came up. *CHORUS:* C G And I know I wasn't right, Dsus2 But it felt so good. Cadd9 G* And your mother didn't mind, D/F#m Like I thought she would. C G And that REM song was playing D In my mind. Am Am7 C And three and a half minutes D Felt like a lifetime... C G D/F#m It felt like a lifetime *BRIDGE* C G D/F#m And you move like water (yeah...) Cadd9 G* Dsus2 I could drown in you. C G D/F#m And I fell so deep once, (yeah...) Cadd9 G* Dsus2 Till you pulled me throoough (ohh ohh...) Dsus2 You would tell me Am Am7 "No one is allowed to be so proud C D/F#m They never reach out when they're giving up." C G And I know I wasn't right, Dsus2 But it felt so good. Cadd9 G* And your mother didn't mind, D/F#m Like I thought she would. C G And that REM song was playing Dsus2 In my mind. Am Am7 C And three and a half minutes D Felt like a lifetime... C G D/F#m Are you sitting in the lights? Cadd9 G* Or combing your hair again, Dsus2 And talking in rhymes? Cadd9 G* Dsus2 D/F#m Are you sitting in the liiiights? (softly...) C G When I got home, heard the phone, D Your parents had arrived. C And your dad set his jaw G D Your mom just smiled and sighed. (getting louder...) C G But they left soon and I went to my room. D/F#m Played that disc that you'd given me, Cadd9 G* And I shut my eyes Dsus2 Swear I could hear the sea... Am Am7 When we were standing on the hood of your car C D Singing out loud when the sun came up. *CHORUS* C G And I know I wasn't right, Dsus2 But it felt so good. Cadd9 G* And your mother didn't mind, D/F#m Like I thought she would. C G D And that REM song was playing in my mind. Am Am7 C And three and a half minutes, Dsus2 Am7 C Three and a half minutes, D G Felt like a lifetime.