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