Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: D# G# Cm D D# G# Cm D Verse: D# G# Cm D G# D# Tiny hands, recycled cans, the metal bands I could not stand G# Cm D G# The time you cried and threw your crayons across the floor Pre-Chorus: A# Cm G# A# Cm G# A# These are the things I think about when I'm alone without you Cm G# A# Cm G# I wonder of your whereabouts and hope like hell you're happy where you are
Chorus: D# G# Cm D D# G# Cm You used to say that D D# You're just fine G# Cm D D# G# Cm D D# But I still wonder all the time Verse: D# G# Cm D G# D# Hockey games, medical claims, police reports, terrible grades G# Cm D G# A# J, I'm so proud of all the things that you have done Pre-Chorus: Cm G# A# Cm G# A# These are the things I think about when I'm alone without you Cm G# A# Cm G# I wonder of your whereabouts and hope like hell you're happy where you are Bridge: Fm G# Fm G# Cm C# I'm alright Fm G# Fm G# Cm C# I'm alright Fm G# Fm G# Cm C# I can see through everything you say, and all the lessons I never learned... Chorus: D# G# Cm D D# G# Cm You used to say that D D# You're just fine G# Cm D D# G# Cm D D# (let ring) But I still wonder all the time Interlude: D# A# G# Do you still believe in the stories told D# A# G# To you by my friends and I when you were four years old? D# (once) F G# (once) How it got so cold that words just froze G# (once) D# (let ring) We had to wait 'til summer to find out what was said F (let ring) One of the best times that we had Chorus: D# G# Cm D D# G# Cm I know I say that D D# I'm just fine G# Cm D D# G# Cm D D# But I hope you wonder from time to time Instrumental: F F Cm C# G# (x13) Outro: (let each chord ring once) F Cm I was nervous from the start that our muscles might tear us apart C# G# (Are muscles tearing us apart?) F Cm From the words that carve our lives to the words that take us by surprise C# G# (I was never taken by surprise.) F Cm From the sounds that disappear to the changes we begin to fear C# G# (I can hear you clearly.) F Cm One day I'll fail to breathe and all you'll have are memories C# G# (All we are are memories.)
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