| F | 133211 | |
| Fmaj7 | 133210 (thumb on 6th string, deep E) or -3210 |
| Fadd9 | --3213 | |
| Gb7 | 244320 (thumb) or --4320 |
| G 320033 |
| G6 320000 |
| G11 320011 |
| Abdim | 4534-- | |
| A | -02220 |
| Am -02210 |
| Am/Gb 202210 |
| Bb7 | -13131 |
| Days that are over |
| Intro |
| C - Dm7 F, Fmaj7 - G6, G - |
| Am/Gb | - | Fmaj7 | - | Am/Gb | - | |
| G Ab | di | m - Am | - | Am/Gb | - Fmaj7 |
| G6 | - | A |
| Verse 1 |
| A | Dm7 | G6 | A | |
| One hundred thousand | cars have | passed this | house |
| Dm7 | G6 | |
| The celebration | starts with | laughter |
| Am | Gb7 | |
| Can it be that | we're not clean? |
| Fmaj7 | Cmaj7 | |
| The | days have turned to | haze |
| Am | Gb7 | |
| Tell me how we | should have lied |
| Fmaj7 | Am/Gb | |
| to | keep away this | space |
| Fmaj7 | |
| To | keep from snowing in |
| Dm7 | |
| Keep from lingering |
| Cmaj7 | |
| Keep our worlds apart |
| Bridge |
| Dm7 | G6 | |
| When it comes to | letting go |
| Bb7 | Cmaj7 | |
| Let the quicksand | flow |
| Dm7 | G6 | |
| When I write it | in the sand |
| Bb7 | Cmaj7 | |
| There is something | wrong |
| Chorus |
| Dm7 | Fadd9 | |
| Days that are ove | r |
| G6 | Am/Gb | |
| Will not continue to | last |
| Fmaj7 | Am/Gb | |
| If | you try to construct the | past |
| G6 | - | A |
| Verse 2 |
| A | Dm7 | G6 | A | |
| I leave the heat | on to | leave a | trace |
| Dm7 | G6 | |
| of all the things the | air was | filled with |
| Am | Gb7 | Fmaj7 | Cmaj7 | |
| All the words I | never knew and | all the words I | know |
| Am | Gb7 | Fmaj7 | Am/Gb | |
| Now they all come o | ut too late for | you to real | ize |
| Fmaj7 | |
| Satisfy my luck |
| Dm7 | |
| This director's cut |
| Cmaj7 | |
| doesn't spare an inch |
| Bridge |
| Dm7 | G6 | Bb7 | Cmaj7 | |
| I have never | seen this place | and no surrounding w | alls |
| Dm7 | G6 | Bb7 | Cmaj7 | |
| As the party | turns to dust | they all under | stand |
| Chorus |
| Dm7 | Fadd9 | |
| Days that are ov | er |
| G6 | Am/Gb | |
| Will not continue to | last |
| Fmaj7 | Am/Gb | |
| If | you try to construct the | past |
| G - Abdim - Am - Am/Gb Fadd9 G11 |
| Outro |
C - Dm7 - F - G6 - Am/Gb - Fmaj7 -
| Am/Gb - G - Abdim - Am - Am/Gb |
| Fadd9 | - | G11 |
C - Dm7 - F - G6 - Am/Gb - Fmaj7 -
| - | G6 | - | A |