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