INTRO :	Em / D / C / D ( 2 times )

	                        Em
	[It starts with]  One thing, I don’t know why 
	D
	It doesn’t even matter how hard you try 
	C             
	Keep that in mind,  I designed this rhyme 
                          D                                 Em
	To explain in due time, All I know 


	time is a valuable thing 
	    D
	Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings 
	   C
	Watch it count down to the end of the day 
                                  D                                Em
	The clock ticks life away, It’s so unreal 

	
	Didn’t look out below 
	D
	Watch the time go right out the window 
	C
	Trying to hold on / but didn’t even know 
	D
	Wasted it all just to 


	D
	Watch you go 
				        D
	I kept everything inside and even though I tried  

	it all fell apart 
	C
	What it meant to me,  will eventually  
	             D
	Be a memory  of a time when 

	                Em                      G
*	I tried so hard  and got so far 
	                  D                               C 
	But in the end, It doesn’t even matter 
	             Em                  G
	I had to fall  To lose it all 
	                   D                               C  B (C/C)
	But in the end,  It doesn’t even matter 


	SOLO :	C / Em / D/E / C/E / D/E / Em / D/E / C/E / D/E / Em

	Em
	One thing, I don’t know why 
	D
	Doesn’t even matter how hard you try 
	C
	Keep that in mind  
		           D
	I designed this rhyme to remind myself how 
	                Em
	I tried so hard 

	In spite of the way you were mocking me 
	D
	Acting like I was part of your property 
	C
	Remembering all the times you fought with me 
	D
	I’m surprised it got so [far] 

		   		      D
	Things aren’t the way they were before 
                                                                          C
	You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore 

	Not that you knew me back then 
     	       D 			        Em
	But it all comes back to me   In the end 

					D
	You kept everything inside and even though I tried  

	It all fell apart 
	C
	What it meant to me,  will eventually  
		D
	Be a memory  of a time when I 


	[REPEAT * ]


		    Em       D                       C                 D
	I’ve put my trust in you,   Pushed as far as I can go 
		 Em
	And  for all this 
		      D                                 C   D
	There’s only one thing you should know… 
	

		    Em       D                       C                 D
	I’ve put my trust in you,   Pushed as far as I can go 
		 Em
	And  for all this 
		      D                                 C   D
	There’s only one thing you should know


	[ REPEAT * ]