Verses are played with mostly downward strums, chorus switches to more
of a DDUUD pattern.
Chords relative to capo 4th fret.
A E B C#m
[Verse 1]
A E B A E B
We used to talk all night and not say a word
A E B A E B
When I would hop into your red Firebird
A E B A E B
And, man alive, we would drive just to drive around , town
A E B A E
'Cause in your car we understood and figured out
B
That everything changes
Everything changes
[Bridge] (A and E are played as two quick downward strums)
A E B
A E B
Everything changes
A E B
A E B
[Chorus]
A E B
Tell me why I look back and I wanna cry
C#m B
Sometimes I feel like we grew up too fast
A E B
You and I had the time of our younger lives
C#m B
Sometimes I sigh and think about the past
A B
But it's alright, cause everything changes
A E B
A E B
[Verse 2]
A E B A E B
A basement full of boys building homemade bombs
A E B A E B
AJ cut his finger and said, go get your mom
A E B A E B
I saw it all through the windshield of my white truck, Troy
A E B A E
Lotsa ups, lotsa downs, lots of growing up
B A E B
'Cause everything changes
A E B
Everything changes
A E B
A E B
[Chorus]
A E B
Tell me why I look back and I wanna cry
C#m B
Sometimes I feel like we grew up too fast
A E B
You and I had the time of our younger lives
C#m B
Sometimes I sigh and think about the past
A B
But it's alright, cause everything changes
[Bridge]
C#M A
Hey Billy, remember when
E B
It was just us (it was just us)
C#M A
Pretending we were Nash and Coral
E B
On the school bus
A B A E B
I wouldn't change a thing, 'cause everything changes
A E B
(Changes, changes, changes)
[Verse 3]
A E B A E B
Life is different now and that's okay with me
A E B A E B
I moved away and you started a family
A E B A E B
But deep inside you and I are still the same, kids
A E B
'Cause you're my brother and that won't ever change
A E B
Even though everything changes
[Chorus]
A E B
Tell me why I look back and I wanna cry
C#m B
Sometimes I feel like we grew up too fast
A E B
You and I had the time of our younger lives
C#m B
Sometimes I sigh and think about the past
A B
But it's alright, yeah it's alright
[Post-Chorus]
A E B
There's a new guest room in my parents' home
C#m B
The carpet got replaced a couple years ago
A E B
Because it isn't my bedroom anymore
C#m B
There's new photographs on the freezer door
A B
But it's alright, 'cause everything changes
(Everything changes)
A E B
A E B
[Outro]
A E B A E
We should talk all night and not say a word
B
('Cause everything changes)
A E B A E B
Let me hop into your red Firebird, again
Thanks for reading, happy playing!