Key: D
Introduction: A#5 F#5 C#5 G#5
A#5
When we were young the future was so bright
F#5
The old neighborhood was so alive
C#5
And every kid on the whole damn street
G#5
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
A#5
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
F#5
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn
C#5
How can one little street
G#5
Swallow so many lives
A#5
Chances thrown
F#5
Nothing's free
C#5 G#5
Longing for used to be
A#5
Still it's hard
F#5
Hard to see
C#5 G#5
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
(Repete o riff principal)
A#5
Jamie had a chance, well she really did
F#5
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
C#5
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
G#5
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
A#5
Jay committed suicide
F#5
Brandon OD'd and died
C#5
What the hell is going on
G#5
The cruelest dream, reality
(Repete o refrão)
A#5
Chances thrown
F#5
Nothing's free
C#5 G#5
Longing for used to be
A#5
Still it's hard
F#5
Hard to see
C#5 G#5 A#5
Fragile lives, shattered dreams