(verse 1) 
     D                         G           D 
The key's in the mail box the u-haul is loaded 
                  Bm         Em              A 
This is the last time we'll call this place home 
     D                   G              Em 
The cat's in a cage to leave at your mother's 
           G          Em              A        D 
I'll be halfway to Ashville when you wake up alone, 
 
(verse 2) 
D                   G                 D 
It's been a while since I've seen Carolina  
                 Bm      Em            A 
It always was beautiful this time of year 
    D                      G          Em 
And if this is the end of life as we knew it 
G                   A             D 
You won't find me living around here 


D       G          D       G               D         Em        A 
I love life as we knew it, I still can't believe we threw it away, 
 D                          Em     D          G        A     D 
Goodbye that's al there is, to it life as we knew it ended today,  
 
(lead - 
D - G - D - G - D - Em - A ) 
 
 
(verse 3) 
D                   G               D 
I'll leave a number if you need to reach me 
             Bm          Em         A 
You always called when I had to be gone 
D            G          Em     D         G             A     D 
I know that here in my heart life as we knew it still lives on. 
D       G          D       G               D         Em        A 
I love life as we knew it, I still can't believe we threw it away, 
 D                          Em     D          G        A     D 
Goodbye that's al there is, to it life as we knew it ended today, 
D       G          D       G               D         Em        A 
I love life as we knew it, I still can't believe we threw it away, 
 D                          Em     D          G        A     D 
Goodbye that's al there is, to it life as we knew it ended today,