Key: Eb5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: Eb5  Bb5 C5  Ab5 Bb5 


Verse 1:
Eb5                 Bb5
  I had a place to live in
Eb5                  Bb5
  I had a job worth quitting
C5                    Bb5     C5    Bb5
  I had some things I had to change
Eb5                    Bb5
  Mistakes but we all make them
Eb5               Bb5    
  We celebrate being young
C5                    Bb5   C5 Bb5
  I had the chance to run away


Refrain:
      F5
And I wish upon a satellite 
     Ab5
that wrong can't 
        Bb(hold)
turn to right believe me


Chorus 1:
Eb5                  Bb5
  Then we are (then we are) 
Eb5                   Bb5 C5
  our only chance in the  world
Face your failures hope
            Bb5 Eb5
they'll see us through
        Bb5   Eb5
We are (we are)  our only
          Bb5  C5
chance in the world
So stand for something
                  Bb5  Ab5
cause somethings over due
                    Bb5
And I don't ask for much
               Eb5 Bb5   C5
But this could de fine a lifetime
F5                      Bb(hold)
  A dead man's hands we are
the only friends we ever had


Post Biss: Eb5  C5  Ab5 Bb5 


Verse 2:
Eb5                  Bb5
  They called it education
Eb5                 Bb5
  I saw a means to an end
C5              Bb5      C5 Bb5
  I saw my life another way
   Eb5
To live and die
         Bb5
a king i thought
            Eb5
There could be worse
               Bb5
fates to land upon
        C5
And I'd go back home when
            Bb5       C5  Bb5
it all blew up in my face


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
Eb5                  Bb5
  Then we are (then we are) 
Eb5                   Bb5 C5
  our only chance in the  world
Face your failures hope
            Bb5 Eb5
they'll see us through
        Bb5   Eb5
We are (we are)  our only
          Bb5  C5
chance in the world
So stand for something
                  Bb5  Ab5
cause somethings over due
                    Bb5
And I don't ask for much
               Eb5 Bb5   C5
But this could de fine a lifetime
F5                      Bb(hold)
  A dead man's hands we are
                            Eb5  Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had


Bridge:
           F5
You need a map to see how far
       C5
I was sticking out my neck
   F5
We all have things that
              C5
we all second guess
    Ab5             B(hold)
And fears of being ordinary


Guitar Solo: Eb5  Bb5 Eb5  Bb5 C5  Bb5 C5  Bb5  x2


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 3:
Eb5                  Bb5
  Then we are (then we are) 
Eb5                   Bb5 C5
  our only chance in the  world
Face your failures hope
            Bb5 Eb5
they'll see us through
        Bb5   Eb5
We are (we are)  our only
          Bb5  C5
chance in the world
So stand for something
                  Bb5  Ab5
cause somethings over due
                    Bb5
And I don't ask for much
               Eb5 Bb5   C5
But this could de fine a lifetime
F5                      Bb5
  A dead man's hands we are
                         Eb5 Bb5 C5  
the only friends we ever had
F5                      Bb(hold)
  A dead man's hands we are
                         Eb5 Bb5 C5  Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 Bb5 Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had