Capo 2 C G Fmaj9 F She was on fire and wild and American C G Fmaj9 F She burns it out probably just because she can C G Fmaj9 F And if I had a dollar for every thing I should've said C G Fmaj9 F I'd prolly still be busted, I would throw it all away again C G Fmaj9 F The lightening bugs light up all across the southern sky C G Fmaj9 F Some guys get it all and they don't even need to try C G Fmaj9 F I watched you roll away but you didn't even say goodbye C G Fmaj9 F And now I hate the night, I'm guessin' that's the reason why C G Fmaj9 And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F It isn't much, but at least it's mine [ C G Fmaj9 F ] C G Fmaj9 F Got in my van, ended up in Boston C G Fmaj9 F Thought about my friends and how easily I lost them C G Fmaj9 F I'd do it all again, I'll leave everyone exhausted C G Fmaj9 F Some folks get a break, me I never got one C G Fmaj9 F I thought of you at night when I would drink too much C G Fmaj9 F If you thought about me too, you'd never tried to get in touch C G Fmaj9 F Went back to school and I ran into some guys I knew C G Fmaj9 F We started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it through C G Fmaj9 F We got some gigs, evetually we lost that too G Did you ever think that if you're not happy it's because of you C G Fmaj9 And this, this is my life, On the 4th of July F It isn't much, but at least it's mine [ C G Fmaj9 F ] C G Fmaj9 F I got a job selling ads for magazines C G Fmaj9 F At night when I would play, I'd think about her constantly C G Fmaj9 F Everything I loved it somehow got away from me C G Fmaj9 F And suicide, I talked about it openly C G Fmaj9 F I finally quit, or maybe I got fired, I don't know C G Fmaj9 F It doesn't matter just as long as it happened though C G Fmaj9 F Added up the fears and the doubts I've been living with C G Fmaj9 F Songs of lightening bugs, school, work, and all that shit C G Fmaj9 And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F It isn't much, but at least it's mine [ C G Fmaj9 F ] C G Fmaj9 F I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends C G Fmaj9 F Small talk at parties I never could stomach it C G Fmaj9 F I'm old enough to say that I remember when C G Fmaj9 F But I dont have the time for your nastalgia or your crisitisms C G Fmaj9 F You live and learn, me, well I learned to let go C G Fmaj9 F Parents and bosses and people who don't want you to grow C G Fmaj9 F I think that anything you want to you can do C G Fmaj9 F And no one is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to C G Fmaj9 And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F It isn't much, but at least it's mine (x2)
