[Intro]
N.C.
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
N.C.
See how we polish and we shine.
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We rearrange and realign.
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Everything is balanced and… and…
[Verse 1]
Dbsus Db Bbm
Days and days and days—
Ab
That's how it happens:
Gb Db Gbsus2
Days and days and days
Gb
Made of lunches And car rides
Db
And shirts and socks
Gb Ebm
And grades And piano
Db Gbsus2
And no one clocks the day you disappear.
Gb F Bb C
[Verse 2]
Dbsus Db Bbm
Days and days and days—
Ab
That's how it happens:
Gb Db Gbsus2
Days and days and days
Gb
Made of posing And bragging
Db
And fits of rage
Gb Ebm
And boys – my god, some of them underage!
Gbsus2
And, oh, how did it all happen here?
[Bridge]
Eb Cm
There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words.
Gm
We read books,
Eb
Strolled through Munich at night,
Ab
Drank beer with friends,
Cm
Discussed the places we would go.
Ab Bb Ab Gm
And he said I understood how the world made him ache.
N.C.
But no, but no.
[Verse 3]
Dbsus Db Bbm
Ab
That's how it happens:
Gb Db
Gbsus2
Days
Gb Db
Made of bargains I made because I thought
Gb Ebm
As a wife I was meant to,
Db Dbsus/F
And now my life is shattered and made bare.
Bbm Ebm Db Dbsus
Days and days and days and days
Fm Gb Ebm
And days and days and days.
[Bridge 2]
F Bb/F
Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue.
F Bb/F
See how we polish and we shine.
Dm F
We rearrange and realign.
Bb F
Everything is balanced and serene.
Bb F C
Like chaos never happens if it's never seen.
[Verse 4]
Dsus D Bm
N.C.
Don't you come back here.
N.C.
I didn't raise you
G Em
To give away your days
D
Like me.