Key: Eb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: Eb  Bb/D Cm  Ab Bb 


Verse 1:
Eb                 Bb
  I had a place to live in
Eb                  Bb
  I had a job worth quitting
Cm                    Bb     Cm    Bb
  I had some things I had to change
Eb                    Bb
  Mistakes but we all make them
Eb               Bb/D    
  We celebrate being young
Cm                    Bb   Cm Bb
  I had the chance to run away


Refrain:
      Fm
And I wish upon a satellite 
     Ab
that wrong can't 
        Bb(hold)
turn to right believe me


Chorus 1:
Eb                  Bb/D
  Then we are (then we are) 
Eb                   Bb/D Cm
  our only chance in the  world
Face your failures hope
            Bb Eb
they'll see us through
        Bb/D   Eb
We are (we are)  our only
          Bb  Cm
chance in the world
So stand for something
                  Bb  Ab
cause somethings over due
                    Bb
And I don't ask for much
               Eb Bb/D   Cm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Fm                      Bb(hold)
  A dead man's hands we are
the only friends we ever had


Post Biss: Eb  Cm  Ab Bb 


Verse 2:
Eb                  Bb
  They called it education
Eb                 Bb
  I saw a means to an end
Cm              Bb      Cm Bb
  I saw my life another way
   Eb
To live and die
         Bb
a king i thought
            Eb
There could be worse
               Bb/D
fates to land upon
        Cm
And I'd go back home when
            Bb       Cm  Bb
it all blew up in my face


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
Eb                  Bb/D
  Then we are (then we are) 
Eb                   Bb/D Cm
  our only chance in the  world
Face your failures hope
            Bb Eb
they'll see us through
        Bb/D   Eb
We are (we are)  our only
          Bb  Cm
chance in the world
So stand for something
                  Bb  Ab
cause somethings over due
                    Bb
And I don't ask for much
               Eb Bb/D   Cm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Fm                      Bb(hold)
  A dead man's hands we are
                            Eb  Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had


Bridge:
           Fm
You need a map to see how far
       Cm
I was sticking out my neck
   Fm
We all have things that
              C
we all second guess
    Ab             B(hold)
And fears of being ordinary


Guitar Solo: Eb  Bb Eb  Bb Cm  Bb Cm  Bb  x2


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 3:
Eb                  Bb/D
  Then we are (then we are) 
Eb                   Bb/D Cm
  our only chance in the  world
Face your failures hope
            Bb Eb
they'll see us through
        Bb/D   Eb
We are (we are)  our only
          Bb  Cm
chance in the world
So stand for something
                  Bb  Ab
cause somethings over due
                    Bb
And I don't ask for much
               Eb Bb/D   Cm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Fm                      Bb
  A dead man's hands we are
                         Eb Bb/D Cm  
the only friends we ever had
Fm                      Bb(hold)
  A dead man's hands we are
                         Eb Bb/D Cm  Ab Eb Bb Bb/D Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had