Intro: E – A – B }x4
Verse 1:
E A
Gonna go on living
B E
like I never met you
And it’ll feel wrong at first
A B E
but I think I can forget you
Ignore the fact that we sleep
A B
no more than three feet apart
E A
I feel you now you’re all
B E
around me underneath me
A (hold) E/G# (hold)
You’re all around me underneath me
Chorus 1:
A E
Well how was I to know
B A
That what we carved in stone
E B
Would be so temporary
A E
Well how was I to know
B A
That my first crack at love
Would not be the last
A (hold)
Won’t be the last
Verse 2:
E A
It’s in the air now bitter
B E
tears and broken hearts
A
We’re teenagers we count the
B E
years we think we’re smart
A B E A E (hold)
But we’re not we don’t know anything
Chorus 2:
A
So don’t ask me where I’ll go
E B A
Cause frankly I don’t know
E C#m
And I don’t give a shit
A
Why must we all make sense
E B
And I just won’t make sense
A
For once I’m just gonna live
I’m just gonna live
C#m – E – B
Bridge:
C#m E
Teenagers we don’t
B
know anything
C#m E
Teenagers we don’t
B F#m A B
know anything oh
Chorus 3:
A E
Well how was I to know
B A
That what we carved in stone
E
Would be so temporary
B
(we must go on)
A E
Why must we all make sense
C#m
And I just won’t make sense
A
For once I’m just gonna
E E (hold)
live I’m just gonna live
Verse 1:
E A
Gonna go on living
B E
like I never met you
And it’ll feel wrong at first
A B E
but I think I can forget you
Ignore the fact that we sleep
A B
no more than three feet apart
E A
I feel you now you’re all
B E
around me underneath me
A (hold) E/G# (hold)
You’re all around me underneath me
Chorus 1:
A E
Well how was I to know
B A
That what we carved in stone
E B
Would be so temporary
A E
Well how was I to know
B A
That my first crack at love
Would not be the last
A (hold)
Won’t be the last
Verse 2:
E A
It’s in the air now bitter
B E
tears and broken hearts
A
We’re teenagers we count the
B E
years we think we’re smart
A B E A E (hold)
But we’re not we don’t know anything
Chorus 2:
A
So don’t ask me where I’ll go
E B A
Cause frankly I don’t know
E C#m
And I don’t give a shit
A
Why must we all make sense
E B
And I just won’t make sense
A
For once I’m just gonna live
I’m just gonna live
C#m – E – B
Bridge:
C#m E
Teenagers we don’t
B
know anything
C#m E
Teenagers we don’t
B F#m A B
know anything oh
Chorus 3:
A E
Well how was I to know
B A
That what we carved in stone
E
Would be so temporary
B
(we must go on)
A E
Why must we all make sense
C#m
And I just won’t make sense
A
For once I’m just gonna
E E (hold)
live I’m just gonna live