Key: B
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
B - x24442
Ebm - x68876
C#m - x46654
F# - 244322
E - 022100
Abm - 466444
Intro: B-- x2
Verse 1:
B
All those wasted hours we used to know
Ebm Abm E
Spent the summer staring out the window
B--
The wind it takes you where it wants to go
Verse 2:
B
First they built the road
then they built the town
Ebm
That's why we're still
Abm E
driving round and round
And all we see are kids
B
in buses longing to be free
Chorus:
B
Wasted hours before we knew
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C#m Abm B
Where to go and what to do
C#m Abm B F#
Wasted hours that you made new
Abm Ebm
And turned into a life
B--
that we can live
Verse 3:
B
Some cities make you
lose your head
Ebm Abm
Endless suburbs stretched
E
out thin and dead
B--
And what was that line you said
Verse 4:
B
Wishing you were
anywhere but here
Ebm
You watch the life you're
Abm E
living disappear
And now I see we're still
B--
kids in buses longing to be free
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: B-- until fade