Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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This is a song with the same four chords

 I use most of the time when I've got something on my mind

 And I don't want to squander the moment

 Trying to come up with a more complicated way to say what I want to say

People were mean to you

but I always thought you were cool

clicking down the concrete hallway

 with your spiked heels

 back in high school.

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It's good to be young but let's not kid ourselves

 It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side

With our hearts still beating

 Having stared down demons; come back breathing

People were mean to you

but I always thought you were cool

clicking down the concrete hallway

 with your spiked heels

 back in high school.

You deserved better than you got

 Someone's got to say it sometime because it's true.

People should have told you you were awesome,

 Instead of taking advantage of you.

(half beat only for both and )

I hope you love your life

Like I love mine.

I hope the painful memories only flex their power over you

 A little of the time.

We held onto the hope of better days coming

And when we did we were right.

I hope the people who did you wrong

Have trouble sleeping every night.

People were mean to you

but I always thought you were cool

clicking down the concrete hallway

 with your spiked heels

 back in high school.

Outro

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