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