Chords with lyrics
Tabbed by: Clark Seal
I tabbed this out for my friend, and figured I should be unselfish and share it with the
Say Anything rocks!!!
Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC FF
If I'm just a slave to my high school days
C majorC FF G+G
Then when does a boy become a man
C majorC FF G+G A minorAm
They say at 16 I will get tough and mean
FF C majorC G+G
College prep rally pep peachy keen
C majorC FF C majorC FF
And ill meet a gal and take her to the prom
C majorC FF G+G
And maybe we'll make out by the old viewpoint
A minorAm C majorC A minorAm C majorC
But, there are no gals, no pep rallies, good pals
FF G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
C
Stay away from these high school
Verse:
C majorC FF
My teacher says that I'm brilliant
G+G C majorC E minorEm
My mother says I'm a star
A minorAm FF
My girlfriend just avoids me
FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE
E MajorE FF E MajorE
But I still pay for the dinner and the movie
C majorC FF
My room is filled with abandon
G+G C majorC E minorEm
My homework is yet left undone
A minorAm FF
I look at pictures of myself
FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE
E MajorE FF E MajorE
As a small child all filled with hope and so alive but
Chorus:
C majorC FF
Oh, these high school days
C majorC G+G
Take that away, take me away, take me away
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Stress and hard duress replace the hope I had everyday
C majorC FF
All these high school days
C majorC G+G
Take that away, take myself away
A minorAm FF
If only I could skip forward or back
FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF E MajorE A minorAm FF
The best years of my life oh my god I hope not lets go
C majorC G+G
I hope not lets go
Verse: (Use above chords)
My friends are overachievers
My love is burning my down
My left nut has this crazy itch during homeroom
oh god that girl just saw me scratch my
all control is now spiraling
my grades look pretty damn low
I want to motivate myself,
but how the hell am I supposed to work I do not
Chorus:
C majorC FF
Love these high school days
C majorC G+G
Take that away, take me away, take me away
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Stress and hard duress replace the hope I had everyday
C majorC FF
All these high school days
C majorC G+G
Take that away, I take myself away
A minorAm FF
If only I could skip forward or back
FF E MajorE FF E MajorE FF
FF E MajorE FF E MajorE A minorAm FF
The best years of my life oh my god I hope not lets go
C majorC G+G
I hope not lets go
C majorC FF C majorC FF
So listen young boys to the words that I speak
C majorC FF G+G
Heed then and hold them to stay
C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm
Never let go of the cowboy inside
FF G+G C majorC
Or he'll die in your high school days
Enjoy! Rock on!