Intro
Not relative to capo, play as shown
e|---16p12---14-12-----12------12p9-----------------|
B|-12------12-----12p14--12---9----9-12-9-9p10p9----|
G|-----------------------------------------------11-|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
VerseDBsus4DAG
e|-----------------------------2-2-2------------|
B|--3-3-3-/-5-5-3-3-3---2-2-2--2-2-2------------|
G|--2-2-2-/-4-4-2-2-2---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
D|--0-0-0-/-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2--0-0-0------------|
A|----------------------0-0-0--2-2-2------------|
E|-----------------------------3-3-3------------|
VerseDBsus4D
Back in the day
AG
Oh, it wasn't that far
DBsus4DAGDBsus4DAG
Not a day goes by that won't be in the back tomorrow
DBsus4DAG
Take today as a sample to you
DBsus4DAG
It looks cloudy outside
DBsus4DAG
What are you gonna do?
DBsus4AG
Well, we could get up
DBsus4DAG
Or we could get on down
DBsus4DAG
We could drive to the country or head downtown
DBsus4DAG
Maybe I'll join you too
GChorus lead in
AG
We could have been so much better off than before
if we held on true
DBsus4GA x4
VerseDBsus4GA
I said but lately I've been feeling mighty old
DBsus4GA
I said the sun has got me cracked and this wind has got me cold
DBsus4GA
and I'm so damn tired of losing my friends
DBsus4GA
every single time I go and lose my ends
DBsus4GA
I say but that's okay, I'm on my way
DBsus4GA
I don't appear near, but maybe I'll end up that way
DBsus4GA
and in awhile when I realize there's something new
DBsus4GA
but until then I gotta hold on true
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.