Chords with lyrics
Intro:
N.C.
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
N.C.
See how we polish and we shine.
N.C.
We rearrange and realign.
N.C.
Everything is balanced and… and…
Verse 1:
Dbsus DbDb BbmBbm
Days and days and days—
AbAb
That's how it happens:
GbGb DbDb Gbsus2Gbsus2
Days and days and days
GbGb
Made of lunches And car rides
DbDb
And shirts and socks
GbGb EbmEbm
And grades And piano
DbDb Gbsus2Gbsus2
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
GbGb FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Verse 2:
Dbsus DbDb BbmBbm
Days and days and days—
AbAb
That's how it happens:
GbGb DbDb Gbsus2Gbsus2
Days and days and days
GbGb
Made of posing And bragging
DbDb
And fits of rage
GbGb EbmEbm
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Gbsus2Gbsus2
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
Bridge:
Eb MajorEb C minorCm
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
G minorGm
We read books,
Eb MajorEb
Strolled through Munich at night,
AbAb
Drank beer with friends,
C minorCm
Discussed the places we would go.
AbAb Bb majorBb AbAb G minorGm
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no, but no.
Verse 3:
Dbsus DbDb BbmBbm
AbAb
That's how it happens:
GbGb DbDb
Gbsus2Gbsus2
Days
GbGb DbDb
Made of bargains I made because I thought
GbGb EbmEbm
As a wife I was meant to,
DbDb Dbsus/F
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
BbmBbm EbmEbm DbDb Dbsus
Days and days and days and days
F minorFm GbGb EbmEbm
And days and days and days.
Bridge 2:
FF Bb/FBb/F
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
FF Bb/FBb/F
See how we polish and we shine.
DmDm FF
We rearrange and realign.
Bb majorBb FF
Everything is balanced and serene.
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
Verse 4:
DsusDsus D MajorD B minorBm
N.C.
Don't you come back here.
N.C.
I didn't raise you
G+G E minorEm
To give away your days
D MajorD