Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

She was on fire and wild and American

She burns it out probably just because she can

 And if I had a dollar for every thing I should've said

 I'd prolly still be busted, I would throw it all away again

 The lightening bugs light up all across the southern sky

Some guys get it all and they don't even need to try

 I watched you roll away but you didn't even say goodbye

 And now I hate the night, I'm guessin' that's the reason why

And this, this is my life On the 4th of July

 It isn't much, but at least it's mine

 [ ]

Got in my van, ended up in Boston

Thought about my friends and how easily I lost them

 I'd do it all again, I'll leave everyone exhausted

Some folks get a break, me I never got one

I thought of you at night when I would drink too much

 If you thought about me too, you'd never tried to get in touch

Went back to school and I ran into some guys I knew

We started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it through

We got some gigs, evetually we lost that too

 Did you ever think that if you're not happy it's because of you

And this, this is my life On the 4th of July

 It isn't much, but at least it's mine

 [ ]

I got a job selling ads for magazines

 At night when I would play, I'd think about her constantly

Everything I loved it somehow got away from me

 And suicide, I talked about it openly

I finally quit, or maybe I got fired, I don't know

It doesn't matter just as long as it happened though

Added up the fears and the doubts I've been living with

Songs of lightening bugs, school, work, and all that shit

And this, this is my life On the 4th of July

 It isn't much, but at least it's mine

 [ ]

I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends

Small talk at parties I never could stomach it

I'm old enough to say that I remember when

 But I dont have the time for your nastalgia or your crisitisms

You live and learn, me, well I learned to let go

Parents and bosses and people who don't want you to grow

I think that anything you want to you can do

And no one is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to

And this, this is my life On the 4th of July

 It isn't much, but at least it's mine (x2)