Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

I've been around for a little over 20 years

 And to anyone who needs advice on getting here

  (opt. )

Don't ask me, the path i took was not exactly by the book, by the book

Verse 2

 I was too young to know and too dumb to figure out

 That you can lose yourself in all this traveling around

  (opt. )

When you reach a point of no return losing touch with lessons learned,

lessons learned

Bridge 1

Let me tell you now where i went wrong

Hollywood is just another place i don't belong

Chorus

 Let's go to the middle where time stands still

 Let's get lost in those hills

 Live a little closer to what is true

 I'll be me and you be you

[Same as Verse 1]

I'm finding out the ways of this world

Can be overcome with one boy's love for just one girl

And the only way to love yourself is to give your love to someone else, someone else

[Same as Bridge 1]

Don't believe in everything you hear

Growing up is more than just living through the years

Chorus

[Transition]

 I'm disappointed in myself

 I left you on a shelf that i could never reach

 I practiced what you'd always preached against

But now i'm back in my defense

 That black and white world we tried to paint is really gray

 So it took a little time to get this right

 The guilty and the innocent are always side by side

Chorus

 I'll be me, you be you [repeat several times]