Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
D MajorD
Catching butterflies, line drives, watching tv
D MajorD G+G
I had seven good years til I noticed they were looking at me
G+G D MajorD
I didn't like what they see
Verse 2:
D MajorD
Trapped in the back seat, stay on your side
D MajorD G+G
My hand out the window feeling the air rush by
G+G D MajorD
While my parents fight
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm
Where did you go? Did I make you leave?
G+G E minorEm
Another thing I didn't know
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Nobody ever believes. They just leave, they just leave
G+G
And they'll see you on their own sweet time
D MajorD
They just leave
Verse 3:
D MajorD
I didn't leave my room til I learned how to drive
D MajorD G+G
I was sweet seventeen, fighting with the back of my mind
G+G D MajorD
Til the wheel was all mine
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm
Free to go, but still to young to leave
G+G E minorEm
Old enough to think I know
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
That nobody ever believes, they just leave, they just leave
G+G D MajorD
They just leave, they just leave
Verse 4:
D MajorD
My plane landed, I'm alive
D MajorD G+G
I'm not fighting with the things I never thought I'd do to survive
G+G D MajorD
Now we've finally arrived
Chorus:
G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm
Now I know, more than I've ever believed
G+G E minorEm
You could never let me know
G+G E minorEm
You were just as young as me
G+G E minorEm
You had to leave, you had to leave
G+G E minorEm