Ok so this is my first tab, but its 100% correct and none of the other tabs are. I named the chord on every heavy strum (down beat) Mr. Drew gives in the original recording and I also tabbed out the guitar and keyboard intro to the bridge. So heregoesnothin! C(4x) C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I sing songs about the past. C (x32010@1) CHow (x32010@1)I was raised and I was thrown out on my ass, F (133211@1) FCause (133211@1)I didn't care. C (x32010@1) CAbout (x32010@1)going to school. C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I saw the look in her eyes. C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) FMy (133211@1)mother nearly cried when I told her that I had wanted to go, C (x32010@1) CJust (x32010@1)to prove them wrong. Am (x02210@1) FI've (133211@1)been smoking cigarettes since I was only fourteen, G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C(4x) Just to find an escape from this town that was so mean to me. C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I sing songs about my friends. C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) FThe (133211@1)way we grew up, and all the lose ends we used to laugh, C(2x) Cause we didn't give a damn. C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I saw the look in my brother's eyes, C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) FWhen (133211@1)I told him I was leaving he couldn't help but despise me. CHe's (x32010@1)wanted out his whole life. Am (x02210@1) FI've (133211@1)been smoking the green since I was merely sixteen, G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C(4x) Just to find an escape from this town that was so mean to me. C (x32010@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I sing songs about the past... (F) Ame|---8---7-------7---6-----------/12-10--8--10-8-6--0-6--5~~~~~~~~---------| (x02210@1)B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5---5-------5---5-------------------------------------------------------| C C7 F Am C C7 FI (133211@1)plead for relief, AmThis (x02210@1)town won't receive CAll (x32010@1)the things that I want. C7The (x32310@1)things that I need. FAnd (133211@1)I'll beg and I'll beg. AmI'm (x02210@1)down on my knees. CMama, (x32010@1)oh mama, C7Let (x32310@1)me please leave FI (133211@1)plead for relief, AmThis (x02210@1)town won't receive CAll (x32010@1)the things that I want. C7The (x32310@1)things that I need. F (133211@1) Fm (133111@1) CAll (x32010@1)I ever wanted was love.