Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse: E G# A I'll always be age seventeen C# C Wide eyed, with limbs still shaking E G# A At home alone, the dial tone C# C Drags on for hours on end E G# A C# Hey Mom I'll take the van E G# A C# E We'll drive it up and down the road G# A C# Without a plan E G# A C# 'Cuz this is ending
Chorus: (E) Don't take me back G# C#m G# A It won't be the same E Don't take me back G# C#m G# A It won't be the same Verse: E G# We'll hit the spot A Yeah, in a parking lot C# C We've got all the space that we need E G# A I'm wishing for a few more weeks C# C Unlike the moon this is going down E G# A C# Hey man we'll hop the fence E G# A C# E You've got my back I've got the curse G# A C# And its sinking in E G# A C# Yeah I'm sinking Bridge: E A C# C E A C# C Verse: E G# A C# Hey Dad I'm sleeping in E G# A C# E I'm dropping out when they step in G# A C# All alone again E G# A C# And I'm done thinking Chorus: E Don't take me back G# C#m G# A It won't be the same E N.C. Don't take me back (I'll always be age seventeen) G# C#m G# A It won't be the same "I still can't tell if I'm speeding up man, I feel like there's no way for me like...the rhythms that I play."