The Wonder Years - Teenage parents

^BYou climb six l^F#onely sad ^Astairs to your ^E*apartment After ^Eanother graveyard ^F#mshift in the ^G#cold dull light of ^F#mmorning. ^BYou walked in ^Bbjust in time to^G# catch her as she's ^F#mleaving But the s^Echedules and the ^F#mconflicts kept the ^G#roof over our ^F#heads.

You ^Esaid you were s^F#mtrong and naive and ^BIf you were ^F#scared, well, I would ^E*understand. I don't think I would have ^Bhad the guts to ^F#mhandle it.

^BAll we ^F#mhad were h^Eand-me-downs. ^{F#m B}And all we ^F#mhad was ^Egood will ^F#m And you ^G#always ^Asaid it would get ^E*better. "When you're young and you're ^Bpoor, they hang on your ^F#mfailures." And you ^G#always ^Asaid it would get ^E*better.

^BWe bought our ^F#mfirst house at the ^G#advent of the ^F#m90s A ^ECape Cod on a ^F#mbusy street that we ^G#swore we'd fix ^F#meventually. ^BWinter of ^F#m'93, ^G#we got by with ^F#mkerosene A ^Eheater in the l^F#miving room, we ^G#huddled around ^F#mshivering and me ^{E F#m}Trying to get to ^Bsleep. My ^F#clothes will smell of s^E*moke for weeks. Just trying to get to ^Bsleep. ^BTo sleep, To ^F#msleep...

^BAll we ^F#mhad were h^Eand-me-downs. ^{F#m B}And all we ^F#mhad was ^Egood will ^F#m And you ^G#always ^Asaid it would get ^E*better. "When you're young and you're ^Bpoor, they hang on your ^F#mfailures." And you ^G#always ^Asaid it would get ^Ebetter. I'm sick of seeing ^Bghosts. I won't be here ^F#forever.

My ^E*mother wore a sundress on the day that she got married.^{F# E*}They held the wedding in a backyard near the city.^{F# E*}I was just one then, I would never remember it ^F#But I ^E*heard the voices and implications ^G#Telling me who I could^F#m never be.

^BAll we ^F#had were ^E*hand-me-downs^B. ^E*And ^Ball we ^F#had was ^Bgood will. ^F#

^BAll we ^F#mhad were h^Eand-me-downs. ^{F#m B}And all we ^F#mhad was ^Egood will ^F#m And you ^G#always ^Asaid it would get ^E*better. "When you're young and you're ^Bpoor, they hang on your ^F#mfailures." And you ^G#always ^Asaid it would get ^Bbetter.^{E* F#}