- Intro:
[A] [F#m] [E] [E]
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[A] [F#m]
- Verse:
When I t[E]ell the story of this decade
The me[C#m]mories and melodies are ne[B]ver the same[E]
I knew that we prevailed
[C#m]Knew it all too well, n[B]ever end up stale
[E]Another thing that I wish I knew
Is [C#m]how you're gonna sit me down and m[B]ake me choose
[E]There's no doubt it will turn around, so I'll [C#m]tell [E]mys[B]elf
- Chorus:
That I'm [A]not a [F#m]victim
[E]But I'll own up to the mistakes that I made
[A]I can s[F#m]ee through it [E]all
The world's never gonna
F[A]all back [F#m]ask where you're at
[C#m]Out with the old, l[B]et the truth be told
[A]Shape up, and s[F#m]tand tall[E]
- Verse 2:
When I t[E]ell you why I don't act my age
It com[C#m]pliments the fact that you've g[B]ot nothing to say
[E]I knew that it took time and a f[C#m]ked up mind
Just to s[B]tay in line
[E]But all the value I could demonstrate
And [C#m]all the places that I've g[B]rown to hate
[E]Well, they bring life, so I'll say it twice
[C#m]I just wanna k[B]now what it's like to r[A]ebel (Re[B]bel!)
([C#m]I'll ju[E]st te[B]ll myself that I...)
- Chorus:
That I'm [A]not a [F#m]victim
[E]But I'll own up to the mistakes that I made
[A]I can s[F#m]ee through it [E]all
The world's never gonna
F[A]all back [F#m]ask where you're at
[C#m]Out with the old, l[B]et the truth be told
[A]Shape up, and s[F#m]tand tall[E]
- Bridge:
[A]I could lie if you wanted
[A]But in the night I think of all this time
[E]And all this space
And all the tr[A]acks in the dirt that we could retrace back h[E]ome
I'm not alone
Don't put my st[A]ory back on it's shelf
I was ch[B]oked up but my tongue untied [C#m]itse[E]lf[B]
- Chorus:
[A] [F#m] S[E]o I'll tell myself that
That I'm [A]not a [F#m]victim
[E]But I'll own up to the mistakes that I made
[A]I can s[F#m]ee through it [E]all
The world's never gonna
F[A]all back [F#m]ask where you're at
[C#m]Out with the old, l[B]et the truth be told
[A]Shape up, and s[F#m]tand tall [E]
[A] [F#m] [E] [E]
[A] [F#m] [E] [E]
[A] [F#m] [E] [E]
[A] [F#m]
- Verse:
When I t[E]ell the story of this decade
The me[C#m]mories and melodies are ne[B]ver the same[E]
I knew that we prevailed
[C#m]Knew it all too well, n[B]ever end up stale
[E]Another thing that I wish I knew
Is [C#m]how you're gonna sit me down and m[B]ake me choose
[E]There's no doubt it will turn around, so I'll [C#m]tell [E]mys[B]elf
- Chorus:
That I'm [A]not a [F#m]victim
[E]But I'll own up to the mistakes that I made
[A]I can s[F#m]ee through it [E]all
The world's never gonna
F[A]all back [F#m]ask where you're at
[C#m]Out with the old, l[B]et the truth be told
[A]Shape up, and s[F#m]tand tall[E]
- Verse 2:
When I t[E]ell you why I don't act my age
It com[C#m]pliments the fact that you've g[B]ot nothing to say
[E]I knew that it took time and a f[C#m]ked up mind
Just to s[B]tay in line
[E]But all the value I could demonstrate
And [C#m]all the places that I've g[B]rown to hate
[E]Well, they bring life, so I'll say it twice
[C#m]I just wanna k[B]now what it's like to r[A]ebel (Re[B]bel!)
([C#m]I'll ju[E]st te[B]ll myself that I...)
- Chorus:
That I'm [A]not a [F#m]victim
[E]But I'll own up to the mistakes that I made
[A]I can s[F#m]ee through it [E]all
The world's never gonna
F[A]all back [F#m]ask where you're at
[C#m]Out with the old, l[B]et the truth be told
[A]Shape up, and s[F#m]tand tall[E]
- Bridge:
[A]I could lie if you wanted
[A]But in the night I think of all this time
[E]And all this space
And all the tr[A]acks in the dirt that we could retrace back h[E]ome
I'm not alone
Don't put my st[A]ory back on it's shelf
I was ch[B]oked up but my tongue untied [C#m]itse[E]lf[B]
- Chorus:
[A] [F#m] S[E]o I'll tell myself that
That I'm [A]not a [F#m]victim
[E]But I'll own up to the mistakes that I made
[A]I can s[F#m]ee through it [E]all
The world's never gonna
F[A]all back [F#m]ask where you're at
[C#m]Out with the old, l[B]et the truth be told
[A]Shape up, and s[F#m]tand tall [E]
