Standard (EADGBE)

Last year, I drank a lot

 I drank 'til I fell down

Last year, I smoked a lot

 'Til my lungs turned brown

Last year, I crawled in circles

 This year, I'm climbing up clouds, clouds

I don't know where I went wrong

I was lost, now I'm found, now you're gone, gone

'Cause I'm not a saint but I can paint myself into a better picture

One day, you'll see me in a big, golden frame and it'll hit you

Last year, I promised myself I'd stop writing songs about girls

But you're a woman

Last year, I let you down

 And I know I should have been around instead of drinking in town

Last year, I was a little boy

 Now I feel like a young man, so many plans

I don't know where I went wrong

I was lost, now I'm found, now you're gone, gone

Two, three, four

'Cause I'm not a saint but I can paint myself into a better picture

One day, you'll see me in a big, golden frame and it'll hit you

So let's call it even, we've got something to believe in and you know this

You know this is true

 I'm talking to you so don't cut me out

 I know you've got doubts but don't be too hasty and waste me like I'm wasting myself

 I'm sorry for last year

I understand you and I read you like a book

 And I know why you think that you've got to do this

You think these are all just empty words made pretty with my guitar

Thinking that there's no way that I could ever prove this

You're holding on to the past but it won't last

 'Cause I know that I can make you laugh and smile

And I know that I can make all this pain worthwhile

We'll take it slow but if you want to move fast, I'm at your pace

And I know this sounds crazy but you know you amaze me

 I'll never be lazy unless it's to be lazy with you

I don't know where I went wrong

I was lost, now I'm found, now you're gone, gone

'Cause I'm not a saint but I can paint myself into a better picture

One day, you'll see me in a big, golden frame and it'll hit you

So let's call it even, we've got something to believe in and you know this

You know this is true

 I'm talking to you so don't cut me out

 I know you've got doubts but don't be too hasty and waste me like I'm wasting myself

 I'm sorry for last year

 Guess I'll see you around

 You don't know how much I'm going to prove myself to you

With or without