Capo
4
Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
G D G D
Verse 1:
G D/F#
Looking back at white and black
Em D
Reminders of my past
G D/F#
Smoky bars and cheap guitars
Em D
But nothing built to last
Chorus:
D C
Nothing ever stays
G
Nothing comes to mind
D Em
No one can erase
C G D C
The days we left behind
Verse 2:
G D/F#
See the boys of Dungeon Lane
Em D
Along the Mersey shore
G D/F#
Some of them will feel the pain
Em D
But some were meant for more
Chorus:
D C
And nothing stays the same
G
No one needs to cry
D Em
Nothing can reclaim
C G
The days we left behind
Bridge:
Em
We met at Forthlin Road
Bm
And wrote a secret code
Em Bm
To never be spoken
G
I stand by what I said
D
The promise that I made
C D
Will never be broken
Chorus:
D C
Nothing ever stays
G
Nothing comes to mind
D Em
And no one can erase
C G D C
The days we left behind
Verse 3:
G D
In the skies the skylarks rise
Em D
Above the sounds of war
G D
Since that day I knew they’d stay
Em D
With me for evermore
Chorus:
D C
’Cause nothing stays the same
G
And no one needs to cry
D Em
And no one is to blame
C G
For the days we left behind
C G D G Em D G
The days we left behind
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Published: March 26, 2026
Last Updated: March 26, 2026