Intro
C#m A E  x2 
C#m A C#m A C#m A E 
 
Verse 1
C#m          A 
Every single car on the 
E 
  New Jersey Turnpike 
         C#m        A 
Has their   hazards flashing 
      E 
for a fireworks display 
C#m              A 
   I’ll stop and watch it 
       C#m         A 
but I’m   too busy thinking 
   C#m          A 
Of every single chance that 
      E 
I was too afraid to take 
 
Chorus 1
F#m       A             F#m 
Life gets in the way of living 
    A              F#m 
And interrupts the could’ve 
         A 
would’ve should’ve that I 
E                  C#m 
ask myself each day   Where I’ve 
 A                C#m 
spent my time and how I’m 
 A              C#m 
spending it And if I’m 
       A           E 
simply wasting it away 
 
Post Chorus
C#m A E 
C#m A C#m A C#m A E 
 
Verse 2
C#m           A 
   So while I sat there motor 
E 
humming on the shoulder 
         C#m           A 
I thought   I’d find a pen 
             E 
and start to write 
               C#m 
my failures out   But then the 
            A        C#m 
lights were gone and both 
             A 
sides of the paper were full 
C#m           A 
   So hazards off turn signal 
E 
on gas pedal down 
 
Chorus 2
F#m       A             F#m 
Life gets in the way of living 
    A              F#m 
And interrupts the could’ve 
         A 
would’ve should’ve that I 
E                  C#m 
ask myself each day   Where I’ve 
 A                C#m 
spent my time and how I’m 
 A              C#m 
spending it And if I’m 
       A           E 
simply wasting it away 
 
Chorus 3/Outro
F#m       A             F#m 
Life gets in the way of living 
    A              F#m 
And interrupts the could’ve 
         A 
would’ve should’ve that 
      E 
we're offered every day 
C#m             A 
   And now that you and I've 
     C#m              A 
been given what we've wanted 
     C#m          A 
Lets make a pinky swear that 
         E 
we don't throw it all away.