Standard (EADGBE)

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Intro

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x3 x3

Verse 1

It was the first snow of the season

 I can almost see you breathing

 in the middle of that empty street

Sometimes I still see myself

 in that lonesome bedroom Playing my guitar

 and singing songs of hope for a better future

Chorus

Life is Only As good as the memories we make

 And i'm taking back what belongs to me

Polaroids of classrooms unattended

 These relics of rememberence

 are just like shipwrecks

 Only they're gone faster than

 the smell after it rains

Interlude

D--G--Bm--G-A

Verse 2

Last night while everyone was sleeping

 I drove through my old neighborhood

 And resurrected memories from ashes

We said that we would never fit in

 When we were really just like them

 Does rebellion ever make a difference?

(Repeat Chorus)

Interlude

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Outro

So long Astoria I found a

map to buried treasure

 And even if we come home

 empty handed we'll still have our

 stories of battle scars

pirate ships and wounded hearts

Broken bones and all

 the best of friendships

 And when this hourglass has

filtered out its final grain of sand

 I raise my glass to the memories we had

This is my wish and I'm takin back

  ----(hold)

i'm takin them all back