Capo 3
G5
The group were big for just a year
C5
and then the whole thing fell
         A5
they had nothing to fall back on
          D5
they fell pretty hard as you can tell
    G5                                  C5
and now they're cleaning tables in the local bar
          A5                               D5
it wasn't all that long ago that they'd be told that they'd go far

G5                              C5
She looks down on those who do not look up to her
        A5                                   D5
she's a head above them all although she'll never be as tall
      G5                       C5
And everybody loves her they think that she is swell
         A5                            D5
But the one true problem is that she knows it all too well



CHORUS
C5                      B5               E5
Carve out your future no one else will do it for you (x2)
A5                  C5    C5  A5  D5       A5
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that
          C5  C5 A5  D5   G5
I've got nothing to lose
C5                               B5           E5
Take life by the handlebars and shake shake shake
      C5                                B5               E5
It is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
A5                  C5    C5  A5  D5       A5
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that
          C5  C5 A5  D5   G5
I've got nothing to lose



VERSE 2

He's feeling pretty confident he thinks his future's made
But all of a sudden the adoration could fade
Now he begs the world to like him , and pretend he likes himself
but he's wasted all his years and now he's sitting on the shelf

I can try to avoid it I can push it in the shade
But whether I like it or not there are decisions to be made
I'm really scared a little bridge is all that I will be
They'll tell me I'll be big and then they'll walk all over me

CHORUS

Carve out your future no one else will do it for you (x2)
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got 
nothing to lose

Take life by the handlebars and shake shake shake
It is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got 
nothing to lose now

BRIDGE
C5        G5                  E5         D5
Can I be sure that I've got nothing to lose
C5        G5                 E5 D5 G5
Can I be sure that I won't end up bruised

CHORUS

Take life by the handlebars
Take life by the handlebars and shake shake shake
It is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got 
nothing to lose now