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