Chords used:
F# G Em D C# C G5 G/F# E5 A5 A#5 B5 C5 D5
e|--2--|--3--|--7--|--5--|--4--|--3--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
b|--2--|--3--|--8--|--7--|--6--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
g|--3--|--4--|--9--|--7--|--6--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--7--|
D|--4--|--5--|--9--|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--5--|--2--|--7--|--8--|--9--|--5--|--7--|
A|--4--|--5--|-----|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--5--|--2--|--7--|--8--|--9--|--3--|--5--|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--3--|--2--|--0--|--5--|--6--|--7--|-----|-----|
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| < > Harmonics
| ~ Let Ring
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[Verse]
F# G Em
I wish I could be mad and break something
F# G D
I wish they took me instead, you were nothing
C# C
Short of all the things I'll never be
C# D G5
You would never be bitter like me
[Interlude 1]
(Played on bass in the original)
e|------------|
b|------------|
g|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|---0--1--2--|
[Verse]
G Em
You solved my problems like it was your job
F# G D
I never thought that one day you'd be gone
C# C
Or I'd tell you how much late night talks
C# D G5
Really did mean everything to me
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 A5 B5 C5 D5
Bad times for everyone today
[Interlude 2]
(harmonics)
e|---------------|
b|-< 7 >---------|
g|--------< 7 >--|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
[Chorus]
G5 G/F# E5
I only wish this could be your pen across the page
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5 G/F# E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
G5 D5
Then you could tell me how
G
To get through these days
[Verse]
G Em
Miniature golf cannot be played
F# G D
Once the seasons change, end this summer holiday
C# C
Knew the sun would shine again
C# D G
Didn't know that this one was your last
[Interlude 3]
G G G G
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
b|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
g|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
D|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|-12~-12-12-12-12~-|
A|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|-10~-10-10-10-10~-|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
[Verse]
G Em
Summer started off me pacing in a room
F# G
Feeling comfort only seconds long
D
Hoping passersby were you
C# C
Not-so-distant memories
C# D G5
Cried that night cause they took you too soon
[Pre-Chorus]
G5 A5 B5 C5 D5
Bad times for everyone today
[Chorus]
G5 G/F# E5
Only wish this could be your pen across the page
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5 G/F# E5
And I only wish that it was me in the car that day
B5 B5 A#5 A5
And I only wish that I said goodbye before you went away
[Bridge 1]
D
Like everybody else
G5
I have my own shit list and
D
I want to you to know that
G5
You were at the bottom of it
D5
Little technicalities and indescribabilities and
G5
I can't put my finger on it
D5
Now I'm in this fucking van
C5
5000 things I won't forget:
G5
Your face
G5
Move on
G5
Again
G5
Goodbye
[Bridge 2]
(THIS ENTIRE PART IS PLAYED ALONG WITH THE VOCALS. Bass plays alone first time. Palm-mute first two bars)
G5 E5 B5 A5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
b|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
g|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---9---9---9-------|---7---7-7-5---5-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7---7---7---7-9-7-|-5---5-------5---|
G5 E5
How I long to share eternal life with you
B5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
G5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
E5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
B5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
A5
And how I long to share eternal life with you
And how I long to share eternal life
G5 E5
I only wish this could be your hand across the page
B5 A5
And I only wish this could be a song for you sing
G5
Only wish that it-
(Switch to chords)
E5
Was me in the car that day!
B5 B5 A#5 A5
Only wish that I said goodbye before you went away!
G5 D5
Then you could tell me how...
[Bridge 3]
G5
To get through these days
E5 B5 A5 G5
If we had just a-nother day
E5 B5 A5 G5
We'd have a ball instead of pissing it all a-way
E5 B5 A5 D5
Three cheers for all those summer days
G5 E5 B5 A5
He-heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey-Yeah!
e|------------------------|------------------------|
b|-8~------7-6-5~-----7-6-|------------------------|
g|------------------------|-9~------9-8-7~---------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------| (x2)
(^This is played on trombone)
[Interlude 4]
(Part is played by bells and trombone, but if you wanna play it on guitar here you go)
G5 E5 B5 A5
e|------------------------|-----------------------------|
b|-8-----8--10--8~--------|-8-----8-----8--10--12--10~--|
g|----7-----------------7-|----7-----7------------------|
D|------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------------| (x2)
[Ending]
G5
How I long to share eternal life with you and (x7)
G5
How I long to share eternal life with