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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G#m E B G#m E
Verse 1:
G#m E
And I was a boy from school
B G#m E
Helplessly helping all the rules
G#m E
And there was a boy at school
B G#m E
Hopelessly wrestling all his fools
G#m E
And there was a girl at school
B G#m E
Blaming all the words she learned from home
G#m E
Nothing could keep her a child
B G#m E
Long hours don't you know we try
Chorus:
C#m B E
We try but we didn't have long
C#m B E
We try but we don't belong
C#m B E
We try but we didn't have long
C#m B E
We try but we don't belong
Bridge:
G#m
Verse 2:
G#m E
Now I met you on the street
B G#m E
Heartlessly breaking rules we meet
G#m E
Lives are found and loves are lost
B G#m E
Say goodbye to nothing everything cost
G#m E
Now I find you on the street
B G#m E
Breaking rules hopelessly we meet
G#m E
Loves are found and lives are lost
B G#m E
Say goodbye to everything, nothing cost.
Chorus:
C#m B E
We try but we didn't have long
C#m B E
We try but we don't belong
C#m B E
We try but we didn't have long
C#m B E
We try but we don't belong
Instumental Outro:
E F# (x4)
Outro:
E
I got I got lost
F#
You said this was the way back
E
I got I got lost
F#
You said this was the way back
E
I got I got lost
F#
You said this was the way back
E F#
Chorus:
C#m B E
We try but we didn't have long
C#m B E
We try but we don't belong
C#m B E
We try but we didn't have long
C#m B E
We try but we don't belong
C#m B E
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025