Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

I remember a rooftop, making out

 Downstairs the coppers screamed so loud

 I'd waited so long for that night

 Then I just turned away

Pre-chorus 1

And I know every street on the West-Side

 But I was lost, unfound, not right

 Maybe there's something wrong inside

Verse 2

Now I've got nowhere to go

 My hands is all that I've got

 I'm so sorry for so many things

 That I haven't said yet

Pre-chorus 2

 This is the waiting-room I spend my whole life in

 They gave me a thousand hands so I could count my sins

 If I'm lucky maybe I'll finish before the roof caves in

Chorus

I lost my life on the first try

 You found it miles down the line

A swollen face with three first names

You kissed the taste back in my tongue

 You sucked the smoke out of my lungs

And then we slept for days and days and days

When we woke up, my heart all choked up

Had to say "I love you" way too soon

 But right there on your couch you loved me too

 Right there on your couch you loved me too

Bridge

Verse 3

Nineteen and sober once or twice

 I caught some junkie's bad advice

 Up to my eyes in others' problems

 Couldn't see, I'd never solve them

Pre-chorus 3

 I'm only skin and bone and piss and pills unknown

 I took my lousy shot at public recognition

 Could never pull the trigger if I wasn't shaking

Chorus

I lost my life on the first try

 You found it miles down the line

A swollen face with three first names

You kissed the taste back in my tongue

 You sucked the smoke out of my lungs

And then we slept for days and days and days

When we woke up, my heart all choked up

Had to say "I love you" way too soon

 But right there on your couch you loved me too

 Right there on your couch you loved me too

Sounds damn near perfect to me!