Intro:
(F, Bbmaj7sus2, F, Bbmaj9sus2) 
Bbmaj7sus2 - x1321x 
 
or 
 
e|-------1--------------------------| 
B|-------1--3--------------1-----3--| 
G|-----2----2p0----------2-------2--| 
D|---3------3---3------3---------3--| 
A|----------1--------------------1--| 
E|-1-----------------1--------------| 
 
or higher alternative 
 
e|---------1--5p3------1---3---| 
B|-------1----3--------1---3---| 
G|-----2------3------2--2--3---| 
D|---3--------3----3-------3---| 
A|------------1----------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 
 
       F                 Bb 
I'm driving through the valley 
          G   Fsus2     F 
My whole childhood was here 
            Dm 
Early memories of my family 
D7                                       G               F    F7 
Mom and Dad were still together for the first couple of years 
 
Verse 2
 
    Bb              Eb 
I remember it just barely 
   Cm7            G7              Ebmaj7            F 
I never really cared and I still don’t, to tell the truth 
         Ab        Eb 
But if childhood defines you 
        Ab        Eb 
Can it ever be behind you? 
 
e|-------1--------------------------| 
B|-------1--3--------------1-----3--| 
G|-----2----2p0----------2-------2--| 
D|---3------3---3------3---------3--| 
A|----------1--------------------1--| 
E|-1-----------------1--------------| 
 
or just do(F, Bbmaj7sus2, F, Bbmaj7) 
 
Verse 3
 
        F                        Bb 
At the house at the end of the alley 
           G                  F 
My first love, she lived in there 
            Am           Dm 
That's where I kept disappearing 
Am              G7             G             F        F7 
She was all I cared about for two and a half years 
 
Verse 4
 
         Bb            Eb 
Now I remember her so vaguely 
  Cm                 G7 
I know I broke her heart 
              Eb             F 
But she broke mine equally, too 
          Ab               Eb 
If it's heartbreak that defines me 
        Ab             Eb        Cm      G7      Abmaj7 
Can it ever be behind me? 
 
Bridge
 
Dm      G7 
Please 
        C 
And the years go by 
        G                        F 
Like a close race headed for the finish line 
         C                          G 
Looking back in the rearview mirror 
                 F 
Holding on for dear life 
                        Cm 
Like how I’m laying in bed 
          G                   Cm            F 
Looking into the eyes of my future wife 
 
Outro
               Ab                Eb 
Thinking it's family that defines me 
         Ab            Eb 
I can't help if they remind me 
        Ab                Eb 
Of the fear that can be blinding 
        Ab      Eb 
That history repeats itself in me 
 F         Bb