Verse 1G
The traffic light
Waits for you to tell me the
Em
tale of a shattered life, tonight
And I just passed by when you have
D
had the chance to fight
Or would you spend your last days alone
Thinkin nobody would have cared
C
Or known just look me in the eye and see that its a light
DG (leads into Chorus)
So you're telling me,
ChorusD
This is how you're going down
Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
G
Well you are way off track to think like that
DC
Coz now you have taken back,
Em
everything that you ever said
D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
C
Well this is what I, what I left behind
GEm
What I left behind, what I left behind
Verse 2G
Need a change
Em
In a minute of my time did I get your name?
Well you say, that I haven't been
D
asked that in years now I think,
the traffic light that stood in the way
C
So that I can hear what you had to say
Im half way through your story
DG
Cant help thinking that you're just like me
ChorusD
This is how you're going down
Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
G
Well you are way off track to think like that
DC
Coz now you have taken back,
Em
everything that you ever said
D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
CAm
Well this is what I, what I left behind
C
Forgetting about ourselves
Em
Is like history that dust is covering
DC
left on the shelf, on the shelf
D (single strum)
The crosswalks make the way for us to say what we need to say
ChorusGD
Yeah, this is how you're going down
Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
G
Well you are way off track to think like that
DC
Coz now you have taken back,
Em
everything that you ever said
D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
CEm
Well this is what I, what I left behind
(So your telling me)
(This is how you're going down)
C
This is what I, what I left behind
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