Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E

C Am/F G G7 F Csus2/B e|-----------3----1----1-----------| B|-1----1----3----0----1----1------| G|-0----2----0----0----2----0------| D|-2----3----0----0----3----0------| A|-3---------2----2----3----2------| E|-----------3----3----1-----------| G walk (G*) C walk (C*)/G walk (G*) e|----------|---------------| B|----------|---------------| G|----------|---------------| D|----------|---------------| A|---0-2-3--|-3-2-0---0-2-3-| E|-3--------|-------3-------| [Intro] C [Verse 1]

Here I am standing, ^Am/Ften feet ^Cbetween us Beside me, the door ^Am/Fthat I just came ^Cthrough Where I walked past an overweight ^Am/Fcop in an ^Calley With a beer gut bursting from a ^Am/Fbullet proof ^Cjacket Who thinks to himself, "I've ^Am/Fgot to get ^Cback

[Refrain]

To the man that I was when ^Am/FI was a ^Cdreamer" With a partner in crime named ^G*Brandy ^CMcGill

[Verse 2]

A girl with a love of life ^Am/Fbigger than ^Cnormal Who still wonders when her ^Am/Flife will ^Cbegin Her best friend Maria who s^Am/Feems to have ^Ceverything Tells her she probably just ^Am/Fneeds a ^Cvacation Away from the stress of her ^Am/Fhusband's ^Cvocation While Maria is talking, ^Am/FBrandy is ^Cdrifting Staring at John who ^Am/Fjust got the ^Cjob Busing tables to pay for ^Am/FCommunity ^CCollege An Associates degree in ^Am/Fx-ray ^Ctechnology ^GJohn is too old to ^G7still be in college He ^Fdoesn't like class and ^G*sometimes doesn't ^Cgo

[Refrain]

Long story short, his ^Am/Ffamily was ^Cbroken He was freed from a past life as a ^G*kid on Skid ^CRow

[Verse 3]

He notices Brandy, but ^Am/Fstares at^C Maria Her beauty well-practiced in ^Am/Fcasting a ^Cspell Imagining her naked, he ^Am/Fspills dirty ^Cdishes On the lap of an elderly ^G*woman named ^CBelle A lady who won't live to ^Am/Fsee her next^C birthday But shares a warm smile ^Am/Fregardless of ^Cthat

[Refrain]

The mess that unfolds ^Am/Fcompletely surrounds ^Cher Not one bit of ^C*urgency ^G*enters her ^Csoul She reaches for Roy, her ^Am/Fhusband ^Cforever In love and connection, her ^G*small hand, he ^Cholds

[Bridge] C Am/F C C Csus2/B C C Am/F C C Csus2/B C [Verse 4]

And nothing comes of it but a ^Am/Fmanagers' ^Canger Not for the mess, but her ^Am/Ffather's ^Cremark About a bad grade that she ^Am/Fhad as a ^Cchild So she takes her revenge out by ^Am/Ffiring ^CJohn Who now wonders when his ^Am/Flife will ^Cbegin

[Refrain]

^GAin't it confusing to ^G7search for the will And ^Flearn when you find it that ^G*you've lost your ^Cway? Long story short, he ^Am/Fsaw a ^Ccommercial That said that the ^C*20s are the ^G*prime of your ^Clife

[Verse 5]

But that doesn't seem to be ^Am/Ftrue at this ^Cmoment As he cleans out his locker and ^Am/Fcalls his best ^Cfriend Who's too busy to talk cause he's ^Am/Fprepping with ^Clawyers To keep money from his ^Am/Fex-wife, the ^Cmother Of their only son who's ^Am/Fnaturally ^Cdrawn

[Refrain]

To guns and sharp objects who ^Am/Fnow has no ^Cfather Except for on weekends, ^G*two times a ^Cmonth

[Outro]

No need to worry, I'm ^Am/Ftold we're ^Cprotected By the men passing laws in the ^Am/FHouse and the ^CSenate From people who mix up the ^Am/Ftruth and ^Creality With movies and games and ^Am/Fridiculous ^Cscenarios ^GLong story short, ^G7best I can tell ^FChildren can't be left ^G*to raise them^Cselves

The Avett Brothers - Long story short