Key: E
Introduction: C F7M Am G F7M Am G F7M
Am G F7M
Sweat, and blood, and ink I've spent
Am G F7M
But I saved my tears
Am G C
I won't spring a leak for them
F7M Am G F7M
Sharply dressed and ill at ease
Am G F7M
Like a sucker keen to please
Am G C
The man, the boss, the teacher
C/B C
I have tried to fall in love
C/B
It did nothing more than leave me messed up
Am G F7M
Some wild, bitter baby
G
Now I'm crying for whoever
F7M C G
Contentment would have made
F7M G Am
All things pass and change
G F7M G
I wish you could
C F7M
Have lived your life
Am G F7M
All the things you would have seen
Am G F7M
Or the man you could have been
Am G F7M C F7M
I would stand beside you
Am G F7M
Now the hours and seconds crawl
Am G F7M
Make me question it all again
Am G F7M C
Why my son, my boy, my light?
C/B C
You'd have found someone to love
C/B
Someone sweet and kind, a lot like you
Am G F7M
She'd be your everything
G
And it could have saved you
F7M C G
Contentment would have made
F7M G Am
All things pass and change
G F7M G
I wish you could
C F7M
Have lived your life
C G
Contentment would have made
F7M G Am
All things pass and change
G F7M G
I wish you could
C F7M C
Have lived your life like this