[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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When I was 17, there was no in-between
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I left my heart in magazines and TV screens
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I walked a lonely road where only beds would go
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I watched the bombs explode from the comfort of my home
[Verse 2]
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We left our families, walked out to shores of seas
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We felt the waves crash on, felt the salt upon our knees
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And when we came to breathe the air between the trees
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It opened up our eyes, didn't ask what it might mean
[Verse 3]
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When I was 17, we were no king or queen
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We lived for nicotine, obscenity, caffeine
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And we walked along the road where lonely kids all go
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And watched the bombs explode so many years ago
[Chorus]
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We walked on home, asleep before we'd even know
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That we were high on nothing but our own egos -
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We'd tell the stories to our friends
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And pour the liquor down our throats
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Tastes so sweet to me I feel like I might choke
[Verse 4]
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When I was 17, I didn't know what quit could mean
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We never thought someone would ask us to come clean
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And we walked along the road, our thumbs stuck out you know
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Hitchhiking home and probably stunting all our growth
[Chorus]
F# A E
We walked on home, asleep before we'd even know
F# A E
That we were high on nothing but our own egos -
F# A
We'd tell the stories to our friends
C# B
And pour the liquor down our throats
A B E
Tastes so sweet to me I feel like I might choke
[Solo]
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[Chorus]
F# A E
We walked on home, asleep before we'd even know
F# A E
That we were high on nothing but our own egos -
F# A
We'd tell the stories to our friends
C# B
And pour the liquor down our throats
A B E
And it tastes so sweet to me I feel like I might choke
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