Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Eb (Db) 4x (I never thought it would happen to me but I never thought it would happen to me but) Verse 1: Eb (Db) No one should ever Eb (Db) have to look Eb (Db) at themselves
Eb (Db) I steer clear of graveyards Eb (Db) They are cliche Eb (Db) (Ab) In my death-obsessed generation Eb (Db) No one should ever Eb (Db) have to look Eb (Db) (Ab) at themselves Eb Db High school teen dream Eb Db dies in the hospital Eb Db Ab leaves behind a journal and a pair of Air Jordans Eb Db Eb Db Lyrics of popular rock ballads Eb Db A Changed to include his name Eb Db Eb I’m taking back my heart Db Eb Db Ab You were digging a hole for it six feet deep (At the state park, at the state park) Chorus: Ab Eb I didn’t want you to hear Ab That shake in my voice F My pain is my own Ab Eb And when the cops shook me down Ab I cried walking home F Ab Bb I cried walking hooooooome F Ab Eb Hooooooome Verse 2: Eb (Db) You and me are Eb connected now (Db) Eb (Db) (Ab) We were in one photograph and we don’t even look happy Eb (Db) Eb I can't commit to a crime (Db) Eb (Db) (Ab) to commit I need to get one done for the biography because Eb Db When I split the scene Eb Db Leave the party early Eb Db Ab What am I leaving behind me? Eb Db Just a memory Eb Db Another body Eb Db Ab It ain’t no pair of Air Jordans Eb (Db) Something is ringing Eb (Db) Death is playing his Eb (Db) (Ab) Xylophone ribs for me Instrumental: Eb Db Eb Db Eb Db Ab Eb Db Eb Db Eb Db Ab Chorus: Ab Eb I didn’t want you to hear Ab That shake in my voice F My pain is my own Ab Eb And when the cops shook me down Ab I cried walking home F I cried walking home Ab Eb I didn’t want you to hear Ab That shake in my voice F My pain is my own Ab Eb And when the cops shook me down Ab I cried walking home F Ab Bb I cried walking hooooooome F Ab Bb Hooooooome F Ab Eb Hooooooome Outro: Eb Db Eb Db Eb Db Ab Eb Db Eb Db Eb Db Ab Eb Db Don’t worry Eb Db Eb I’m worrying for two Db Ab So don’t worry baby Eb Db Don’t worry Eb Db Eb I’m worrying for two Db Ab So don’t worry baby