- Intro:
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D# E G# B C# B
D# E B G# F#
D# E B G# F# E F# E
- Verse 1:
[E]Take a deep breath, think about what you said
Bring it back again and realize what it me[A]ant[C#m][A][C#m][B]
[E]It's just so hard here pretending that everyone is pe[A]rfect
That everything is [C#m]wort[A]h it [C#m] [B] like it used to be
[E]I really wonder what happened, I thought people never changed[B][A]
- Chorus:
We [D#]ska[E]ted schoolyard steps
G# B
And on the lake when it froze
D# E G# B B C# B
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows I used to laugh
D# E B G# F#
But then it got old
D# E B G# F#
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows
- Verse 2:
[E] Where did the voices in my h[A]ead
[C#m]Come f[A]rom? [C#m] I s[B]wear it's all news to me
[E] I really wonder what happened, I thought people never changed [B][A]
[E] I really wonder what happened, I thought this would never change[B][A]
- Chorus:
We [D#]ska[E]ted schoolyard steps
G# B
And on the lake when it froze
D# E G# B B C# B
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows I used to laugh
D# E B G# F#
But then it got old
D# E B G# F#
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows
- Bridge:
[A] [C#m] [B]
[A] [C#m] [B]
[A]You'll all throw your wish in the w[C#m]ell[B]
[A]But I'll keep mine a secret[C#m][B]
[E] My body's soa[C#m]ked a[B]nd [E]raw
[E] [C#m]I'm t[B]oo [E]tired to think [C#m] [B] [E]yet nobody cares at all.[C#m][B]
- Chorus:
We ska[E]ted schoolyard steps
And on the lake when it f[B]roze
E G# B B C# B
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows I used to laugh
D# E B G# F#
But then it got old
D# E B G# F#
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows
- Outro:
[A]You'll all throw your wish in the w[C#m]ell[B]
[A]But I'll keep mine a secret[C#m][B]
[E]You'll all throw your wish in the w[C#m]ell[B]
[E]But I'll keep mine a secret [C#m] [B] [E]
D# E G# B
D# E G# B C# B
D# E B G# F#
D# E B G# F# E F# E
- Verse 1:
[E]Take a deep breath, think about what you said
Bring it back again and realize what it me[A]ant[C#m][A][C#m][B]
[E]It's just so hard here pretending that everyone is pe[A]rfect
That everything is [C#m]wort[A]h it [C#m] [B] like it used to be
[E]I really wonder what happened, I thought people never changed[B][A]
- Chorus:
We [D#]ska[E]ted schoolyard steps
G# B
And on the lake when it froze
D# E G# B B C# B
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows I used to laugh
D# E B G# F#
But then it got old
D# E B G# F#
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows
- Verse 2:
[E] Where did the voices in my h[A]ead
[C#m]Come f[A]rom? [C#m] I s[B]wear it's all news to me
[E] I really wonder what happened, I thought people never changed [B][A]
[E] I really wonder what happened, I thought this would never change[B][A]
- Chorus:
We [D#]ska[E]ted schoolyard steps
G# B
And on the lake when it froze
D# E G# B B C# B
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows I used to laugh
D# E B G# F#
But then it got old
D# E B G# F#
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows
- Bridge:
[A] [C#m] [B]
[A] [C#m] [B]
[A]You'll all throw your wish in the w[C#m]ell[B]
[A]But I'll keep mine a secret[C#m][B]
[E] My body's soa[C#m]ked a[B]nd [E]raw
[E] [C#m]I'm t[B]oo [E]tired to think [C#m] [B] [E]yet nobody cares at all.[C#m][B]
- Chorus:
We ska[E]ted schoolyard steps
And on the lake when it f[B]roze
E G# B B C# B
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows I used to laugh
D# E B G# F#
But then it got old
D# E B G# F#
Now I'm just cynical and everybody knows
- Outro:
[A]You'll all throw your wish in the w[C#m]ell[B]
[A]But I'll keep mine a secret[C#m][B]
[E]You'll all throw your wish in the w[C#m]ell[B]
[E]But I'll keep mine a secret [C#m] [B] [E]