Verse 1:

             A5            
I kicked the shelf at the junkpile
E5
One big crash
A5                      E5
Sluggo's collection of broken glass
        G5                         A5
I said, every time I take my shoes off
                     G5         D5       A5
Someone's gotta come along and try them on
G5               A5
You know what I mean
G5                       A5
It could've been such a wonderful year
G5                  E5
I wonder what went wrong

Verse 2:
A5         
Help me back to last year
    E5
Now that was something else
        A5                        E5
Give me something to escape from besides myself
G5
Beside me, Inside me
         A5
Growl or scowl - I don't care
  G5       
I could sublet my future
    A5
I'm not in the picture
G5       A5
I'm not there
G5                       A5
It could've been such a wonderful picture
  G5                E5
I wonder what went wrong

Bridge:
G5 - G5 G5 - G5 D5 - D5 D5 - D5 A5 A5

G5 - G5 G5 - G5 D5 - D5 D5 - D5 A5 A5

G5 - G5 G5 - G5 D5 - D5 D5 - D5 A5 A5

G5 - G5 G5 - G5 D5 - D5 D5 - D5 E5 E5


Verse 3:
A5                E5
Someone stole my anger
        A5                 E5   
Someone stole my girl and left me with a 
G5
Cold shoulder
A5            G5               A5
Sluggo said, how can someone steal from you 
G5                  A5
Something that you never owned?
        A5          E5
I said, yeah, it's damn good trick
  A5              E5
I wonder how the hell they do it
A5                  E5
What do we own but ourselves, really
       A5                            E5
And we spend all our time trying to give that away
   G5                    A5
It could've been such a wonderful year
  G5                    A5
It could've been such a wonderful year
  G5                    A5
It could've been such a wonderful year
    G5                        A5  A5  E5  A5  E5  G5 - D5 - A5       A5
But now... it's just another day