tabbed by twoputt C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 Seems like once upon a time ago I was where I was supposed to be C#5 F#5 Bb5 Ab5 My vision was true and my heart was too There was no end to what I could dream C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 I walked like a hero into the setting sun Everyone called out my name C#5 F#5 Bb5 Ab5 Death to me was just a mystery I was too busy raising up Cain CHORUS C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 But nothing lasts forever Your best efforts don't always pay C#5 F#5 Sometimes you get sick and don't get better Bb5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 That's when life is short even in its longest days C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 So you pretend not to notice That everything has changed C#5 F#5 Bb5 Ab5 The way that you look and the friends you had So you keep on acting the same CHORUS C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 But deep down in your soul You know you, you got no flame C#5 F#5 And who knows then which way to go Bb5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 That's when life is short even in its longest days BRIDGE Bb5 Ab5 All I got here is a rear view mirror Bb5 Ab5 Reflections of where I've been Bb5 Ab5 So you tell yourself I'll be back up on top some day F#5 Ab5 But you know there's nothing waiting up there for you anyway CHORUS C#5 F#5 C#5 F#5 But nothing lasts forever Your best efforts don't always pay C#5 F#5 Sometimes you get sick and don't get better Bb5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 That's when life is short even in its longest days Bb5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 That's when life is short even in its longest days