Intro
A E F#m E D F#m E (x2)
[Verse 1]
A
It's a sordid sort of feeling
E F#m
When you learn to live with spite.
E D
It's a desperate kind of living
F#m E
When you're burning up the night.
A
Getting sick of all the drinking
E F#m
Getting sicker every day.
D E A
Cause I can't say the things I really want to say
[Verse 2]
A E F#m
I remember when Chicago seemed a million miles away
E D F#m E
I was chained by quiet longing on that Independence Day
A E F#m
G month across the country built in all I learned from you
D E A
I sang those thoughts away just like I always do.
[Chorus]
A D
It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime.
F#m E
But I'll remember every step
A D
I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the country
F#m E
Please just remember I'm not the one who left, and I never will
[Interlude]
A E F#m E D F#m E (x2)
[Verse 3]
A E F#m
All the aches and shits and quivers hurdle in with morning light
E D F#m E
and a somber sense of longing steals my breath and grips my spine
A E F#m
I can feel the salty ocean suck the moisture from my skin
D E A
And I know staying here will surely do us in
[Verse 4]
A/A# Bm D A E D
And I walked on down to that lonely shoal, where my best hopes go to die
Bm D A E D
I thought I will keep you in my pen, until the ink wells all go dry
A E A
And I'll keep it like a secret every day
[Chorus]
A D
It's been an age, it's been an era, it's been a lifetime.
F#m E
But I'll remember every step
A D
I'll cross my heart when we cross paths across the country
F#m E
Please just remember I'm not the one who left
A
And I never will