Verse 1:

             A            
I kicked the shelf at the junkpile
E
One big crash
A                      E
Sluggo's collection of broken glass
        G                         A
I said, every time I take my shoes off
                     G         D       A
Someone's gotta come along and try them on
G               A
You know what I mean
G                       A
It could've been such a wonderful year
G                  E
I wonder what went wrong

Verse 2:
A         
Help me back to last year
    E
Now that was something else
        A                        E
Give me something to escape from besides myself
G
Beside me, Inside me
         A
Growl or scowl - I don't care
  G       
I could sublet my future
    A
I'm not in the picture
G       A
I'm not there
G                       A
It could've been such a wonderful picture
  G                E
I wonder what went wrong

Bridge:
G - G G - G D - D D - D A A

G - G G - G D - D D - D A A

G - G G - G D - D D - D A A

G - G G - G D - D D - D E E


Verse 3:
A                E
Someone stole my anger
        A                 E   
Someone stole my girl and left me with a 
G
Cold shoulder
A            G               A
Sluggo said, how can someone steal from you 
G                  A
Something that you never owned?
        A          E
I said, yeah, it's damn good trick
  A              E
I wonder how the hell they do it
A                  E
What do we own but ourselves, really
       A                            E
And we spend all our time trying to give that away
   G                    A
It could've been such a wonderful year
  G                    A
It could've been such a wonderful year
  G                    A
It could've been such a wonderful year
    G                        A  A  E  A  E  G - D - A       A
But now... it's just another day