Capo 2 Capo 2 C5 G5 A5 F5 She was on fire and wild and American C5 G5 A5 F5 She burns it out probably just because she can C5 G5 A5 F5 And if I had a dollar for every thing I should've said C5 G5 A5 F5 I'd prolly still be busted, I would throw it all away again C5 G5 A5 F5 The lightening bugs light up all across the southern sky C5 G5 A5 F5 Some guys get it all and they don't even need to try C5 G5 A5 F5 I watched you roll away but you didn't even say goodbye C5 G5 A5 F5 And now I hate the night, I'm guessin' that's the reason why C5 G5 A5 And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F5 G5 It isn't much, but at least it's mine C5 G5 A5 F5 Got in my van, ended up in Boston C5 G5 A5 F5 Thought about my friends and how easily I lost them C5 G5 A5 F5 I'd do it all again, I'll leave everyone exhausted C5 G5 A5 F5 Some folks get a break, me I never got one C5 G5 A5 F5 I thought of you at night when I would drink too much C5 G5 A5 F5 If you thought about me too, you'd never tried to get in touch C5 G5 A5 F5 Went back to school and I ran into some guys I knew C5 G5 A5 F5 We started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it through C5 G5 A5 F5 We got some gigs, evetually we lost that too G5 Did you ever think that if you're not happy it's because of you C5 G5 A5 And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F5 G5 It isn't much, but at least it's mine C5 G5 A5 F5 I got a job selling ads for magazines C5 G5 A5 F5 At night when I would play, I'd think about her constantly C5 G5 A5 F5 Everything I loved it somehow got away from me C5 G5 A5 F5 And suicide, I talked about it openly C5 G5 A5 F5 I finally quit, or maybe I got fired, I don't know C5 G5 A5 F5 It doesn't matter just as long as it happened though C5 G5 A5 F5 Added up the fears and the doubts I've been living with G5 Songs of lightening bugs, school, work, and all that shit C5 G5 A5 And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F5 G5 It isn't much, but at least it's mine C5 G5 A5 F5 I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends C5 G5 A5 F5 Small talking parties I never could stomach it C5 G5 A5 F5 I'm old enough to say that I remember when C5 G5 A5 F5 But I dont have the time for your nastalgia or your crisitisms C5 G5 A5 F5 You live and learn, me, well I learned to let go C5 G5 A5 F5 Parents and bosses and people who don't want you to grow C5 G5 A5 F5 I think that anything you want to you can do G5 And no one is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to C5 G5 A5 And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F5 G5 It isn't much, but at least it's mine (x2)
