Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: Bb Eb Today is the first day of the rest of my life Cm Gm I wake as a child to see the world begin Gm Cm Gm On monarch wings, and birthday wonderings F Want to put on faces walk in the wet and cold Bb Eb And look forward to my growing old F Gm To grow is to change, to change is to be new Cm To be new is to be young again Eb F I barely remember when
Refrain: Gm Cm Gm My memories are stolen by the morning Gm Cm Gm Blotted out by the sun's hypnotic eye Gm D7/F# I'll abide the sun's hypnotic eye Interlude: Gm F F Verse 2: Bb Eb Today is the first day of the rest of my life Cm Gm I wake as a child to see the world begin Gm Cm Gm On monarch wings, and birthday wonderings F Want to put on faces walk in the wet and cold Bb Eb Gm And look forward to my growing old...