[Intro]
[B] [Bb] [A] [E]
[E] [F#m] [G#] [F#m]
[Verse I]
B F# A E
You climb six lonely sad stairs to your apartment
After [E]another graveyard [F#m]shift in the [G#]cold dull light of [F#m]morning.
[B]You walked in [Bb]just in time to[G#] catch her as she's [F#m]leaving
But the s[E]chedules and the [F#m]conflicts kept the [G#]roof over our [F#]heads.
[Pre-Chorus]
You [E]said you were s[F#m]trong and naive and
B F# E
If you were scared, well, I would understand.
I don't think I would have [B]had the guts to [F#m]handle it.
[Chorus]
[B]All we [F#m]had were h[E]and-me-downs.[F#m]
[B]And all we [F#m]had was [E]good will[F#m]
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
"When you're young and you're [B]poor, they hang on your [F#m]failures."
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
[Post-Chorus]
[B] [Bb] [A] [E]
[E] [F#m] [G#] [F#m]
[Verse II]
[B]We bought our [F#m]first house at the [G#]advent of the [F#m]90s
A [E]Cape Cod on a [F#m]busy street that we [G#]swore we'd fix [F#m]eventually.
[B]Winter of [F#m]'93, [G#]we got by with [F#m]kerosene
A [E]heater in the l[F#m]iving room, we [G#]huddled around [F#m]shivering and me[E]
[F#m]Trying to get to [B]sleep.
F# E
My clothes will smell of smoke for weeks.
Just trying to get to [B]sleep.
[B]To sleep,
To [F#m]sleep...
[Chorus]
[B]All we [F#m]had were h[E]and-me-downs.[F#m]
[B]And all we [F#m]had was [E]good will[F#m]
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
"When you're young and you're [B]poor, they hang on your [F#m]failures."
And you [G#]always [A]said it would get [E]better.
I'm sick of seeing [B]ghosts. I won't be here [F#]forever.
[Bridge]
E F#
My mother wore a sundress on the day that she got married.
E F#
They held the wedding in a backyard near the city.
E
I was just one then, I would never remember it
F# E
But I heard the voices and implications
[G#]Telling me who I could[F#m] never be.
[Break]
B F# E B
All we had were hand-me-downs.
E B F# B F#
And all we had was good will.
[Chorus]
[B]All we [F#m]had were h[E]and-me-downs.[F#m]
[B]And all we [F#m]had was [E]good will[F#m]
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
"When you're young and you're [B]poor, they hang on your [F#m]failures."
G# A B E F#
And you always said it would get better.
[B] [Bb] [A] [E]
[E] [F#m] [G#] [F#m]
[Verse I]
B F# A E
You climb six lonely sad stairs to your apartment
After [E]another graveyard [F#m]shift in the [G#]cold dull light of [F#m]morning.
[B]You walked in [Bb]just in time to[G#] catch her as she's [F#m]leaving
But the s[E]chedules and the [F#m]conflicts kept the [G#]roof over our [F#]heads.
[Pre-Chorus]
You [E]said you were s[F#m]trong and naive and
B F# E
If you were scared, well, I would understand.
I don't think I would have [B]had the guts to [F#m]handle it.
[Chorus]
[B]All we [F#m]had were h[E]and-me-downs.[F#m]
[B]And all we [F#m]had was [E]good will[F#m]
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
"When you're young and you're [B]poor, they hang on your [F#m]failures."
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
[Post-Chorus]
[B] [Bb] [A] [E]
[E] [F#m] [G#] [F#m]
[Verse II]
[B]We bought our [F#m]first house at the [G#]advent of the [F#m]90s
A [E]Cape Cod on a [F#m]busy street that we [G#]swore we'd fix [F#m]eventually.
[B]Winter of [F#m]'93, [G#]we got by with [F#m]kerosene
A [E]heater in the l[F#m]iving room, we [G#]huddled around [F#m]shivering and me[E]
[F#m]Trying to get to [B]sleep.
F# E
My clothes will smell of smoke for weeks.
Just trying to get to [B]sleep.
[B]To sleep,
To [F#m]sleep...
[Chorus]
[B]All we [F#m]had were h[E]and-me-downs.[F#m]
[B]And all we [F#m]had was [E]good will[F#m]
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
"When you're young and you're [B]poor, they hang on your [F#m]failures."
And you [G#]always [A]said it would get [E]better.
I'm sick of seeing [B]ghosts. I won't be here [F#]forever.
[Bridge]
E F#
My mother wore a sundress on the day that she got married.
E F#
They held the wedding in a backyard near the city.
E
I was just one then, I would never remember it
F# E
But I heard the voices and implications
[G#]Telling me who I could[F#m] never be.
[Break]
B F# E B
All we had were hand-me-downs.
E B F# B F#
And all we had was good will.
[Chorus]
[B]All we [F#m]had were h[E]and-me-downs.[F#m]
[B]And all we [F#m]had was [E]good will[F#m]
G# A E
And you always said it would get better.
"When you're young and you're [B]poor, they hang on your [F#m]failures."
G# A B E F#
And you always said it would get better.
