| E | F# | E | F# |
| B | E | |
| Don't believe everything ha | ppiness says |
| B | E | |
| Nothing feels better than h | iding these days |
| B | E | B | E | |
| We bu | ry our fe | ars in the dri | nks, in these t | ears |
| A#m | F# | E | F# | |
| For the days we belie | ved we could fly |
| B | E | |
| Call up your brothers and sis | ters and friends |
| B | E | |
| We'll go b | ack to the place where the n | ight never ends |
| B | E | B | E | |
| We'll rem | ember the fi | res, the bur | ning car ti | res |
| A#m | F# | E | F# | |
| Boy | how in the he | ll did we get here | ? |
| B | E | |
| So w | hy don't you meet me, d | own behind the old school |
| B | A#m | F# | |
| We'll wa | ste away the weekend, with pe | rfect rega | rd for how |
| B | E | |
| Cavalier we used to be, that beau | tiful insanity |
| B | |
| The apa | thy's surrounding me |
| A#m | F# | E | B | E | |
| Don't close your ey | es or we'll fade | awa | y |
| B | E | |
| Over and over and o | ver again |
| B | E | |
| We sat d | own for a minute, grew | up into men |
| B | E | B | E | |
| Now we're put | ting out fi | res and chan | ging car ti | res |
| A#m | F# | E | F# | |
| Man h | ow in he | ll did we get he | re? |
| B | E | |
| So w | hy don't you meet me, d | own behind the old school |
| B | A#m | F# | |
| We'll wa | ste away the weekend, with pe | rfect rega | rd for how |
| B | E | |
| Cavalier we used to be, that beau | tiful insanity |
| B | A#m | F# | |
| The apa | thy's surrounding me |
| B | E | |
| Don't believe everything hap | piness says |
| B | E | |
| Nothings as real as our o | ld reckless ways |
| B | E | |
| When we dr | ink by the fi | res |
| B | E | |
| The bur | ning car ti | res |
| B | E | |
| Bad gi | rls and good li | ars |
| B | E | |
| The dre | ams we'd con | spire |
| A#m | F# | |
| The d | ays we went cra | zy |
| B | E | |
| The ni | ghts wild and h | azy |
| A#m | F# | E | F# | |
| Man | how in the he | ll did we get here | ? |
| B | E | |
| So w | hy don't you meet me, d | own behind the old school |
| B | A#m | F# | |
| We'll wa | ste away the weekend, with pe | rfect rega | rd for how |
| B | E | |
| Cavalier we used to be, that beau | tiful insanity |
| B | |
| The apa | thy's surrounding me |
| A#m | F# | E | |
| Don't close your ey | es or we'll fade | ... |
| B | E | |
| wh | y don't you meet me, down | behind the old school |
| B | A#m | F# | |
| We'll wa | ste away the weekend, with pe | rfect rega | rd for how |
| B | E | |
| Cavalier we used to be, that beau | tiful insanity |
| B | |
| The apa | thy's surrounding me |
| A#m | F# | E | |
| Don't close your ey | es or we'll fade |
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| 1 9 3 8 4 |
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