The No. 1 Cause of Death Amongst Youth Today (Schroeder-De Backer)
The Basics
From Keep Your Friends Close (2009)
Note: In the second and third choruses, Tim Heath (lead guitar) plays Fsus2 and Dm7 over F and Dm.
Dm
I am an ordinary boy
F
I tell an ordinary story
C
Of a life I thought was once unique
A Dm
But now I know I'm wrong
Dm
The wheels have fallen off
F
It should be sad, but no it's not
C
'Cause now I've realised that
F Dm
Oh, we all feel pain from time to time
F Dm Bb A
Oh, we all feel shame from time to time, oh
Dm
I hear them talking in the street
F
Their voices like a symphony
C
They carry on about my life as if
A Dm
they've seen it on T.V.
Dm
It all comes back to expectation
F
Experience then revelation
C
As we discover some relationships
A Bb
were never meant to be
C
But do they really see?
F Dm
Oh, we all feel pain from time to time
F Dm
Oh, we all feel shame from time to time
Bb Dm A
Oh, it weighs so heavy on my mind
Bb Dm A
Oh, but it's time to leave the past behind
Bb
Oh
A Bb
You know I know what you know
A Bb
I think it's time we let go
Dm C
I'm thinking 'bout my life and how it fell apart
Bb A
Today, you know, I've realised it's only just the start
Dm Bb
I am an ordinary boy
F
I tell an ordinary story
A
Of a life I thought was once unique
Dm
But now I know I'm wrong
Dm Bb
The wheels have fallen off
F
It should be sad, but no it's not
(Am)
'Cause now I've realised that
F Dm
I can put this pain from out my mind
F Dm A
I won't wear this shame for all my life
Bb Dm A
I... Nobody said that life was kind
Bb Dm A
I... But I think it's time we said goodbye
Bb Dm A Bb
I... We all feel pain from time to time
Dm A Bb
We all feel shame from time to time
Bb
Oh
Dm