Almost Everything chords by Hayden

Key: G

Intro:

G Am D G x4




Verse 1:
G
I know just where to begin
Am
Singing my songs into the wind
D
Letting them just blow away
G

And never hearing them again
G
Friends of mine were in a band
Am
Halifax was on the stands
D
And I thought I had a chance
G
To be like them


Chorus:
   Em         D     G
So I recorded and I sang
          Am            Em           D
About the things that I knew of back then
C             D                   G
Some kids who heard and saw me in them
     Am            Em
At a time in their lives
     Am        Em   D
When music was everything
            G     Am  D  G
It was everything


Verse 2:
G
Loading up my red Tercell
Am
With my guitar and things to sell
D
Getting to the Embassy hotel
G
Just in time to play
G
The year was 1994
Am
They were cross-legged on the floor
D
Listening to my bedroom wall
G
Oh, those were the days


Chorus:
     Em         D     G
When I recorded and I sang
          Am            Em           D
About the things that I knew of back then
C             D                   G
Some kids who heard and saw me in them
     Am          Em
At a time in our lives
     Am        Em   D
When music was everything
            G     Am  D  G
It was everything


Verse 3:
Play first four lines quietly:
G
Then everything changed over the phone
Am
California to my home
D
My hero's voice after the tone
G
Yeah, my mind was blown
G
Soon every note became a song
Am
And I was rarely alone
D
Most of what I longed for was gone
G
So I shut things down


Chorus:
        Em            D    G
Oh, but I'm recording once again
         Am       Em        D
While my kid is upstairs in bed
C          D           G
And I'll admit now and then
          Am              Em
That some nights when I'm strumming
   Am         Em
Or maybe just drumming
    Am       Em         D
The music is still everything
Pause for effect:
                   G     Am  D  G
Well, almost everything


Outro:
G Am D G x8