Key: C
Introduction:
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Coming of age ain't about what you do
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It's giving in to what's predefined
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When you trade all your dreams for compromise
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It is never what you have in mind
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One shot of happy, two shots of sad
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That's how our lives are aligned
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The path that you chose has got highs, it's got lows
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But it's never what you have in mind
Am G C G/B F C
I must say that I still wonder why it disappears
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Must say that I still wonder why the years keep tumbling by
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Coming of age ain't about who you meet
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It's 'bout the people who leave you behind
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Your brothers, your parents, your lovers, your friends
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It is never what you have in mind
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One shot of happy, two shots of sad
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We know we might run out of time
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But when it comes to living, dying's the easy part
F G
Not exactly what you had in mind
Am G C G/B F C
I really doubt that I'll find out why it disappears
G/B Am G C G/B F Am
I really doubt that I'll find out what these years are all about
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You might ask if these thoughts that I just summed up
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Are of any importance to you
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Maybe not, but when things don't turn out like you planned
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It helps to know that they never do
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Besides, if each shot of happy comes with only two shots of sad
F G Am
Then coming of age is not so bad
F G Am
Then coming of age is not so bad
F G C G/B Am G F G Am
Then coming of age is not so bad.