Fourth Of July Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

C She was onG fire and F7M9wild and AmeriFcan

C She burns it Gout probaF7M9bly just because shFe can

 And if I hCad a dollGar for F7M9every thing I shouFld've said

 I'd pCrolly still be busGted, I would F7M9throw it all awFay again

 The Clightening bugs lightG up all across the F7M9southern sky F

CSome guys get itG all and theF7M9y don't even needF to try

 I Cwatched you Groll away but youF7M9 didn't even saFy goodbye

 And now CI hate the nGight, I'm guF7M9essin' that's the reasFon why

 And this, tChis is my life On the 4Gth of July F7M9

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

 [C G F7M9 F]

C Got in my Gvan, F7M9ended up in BostFon

CThought about my Gfriends and howF7M9 easily I lostF them

 I'dC do it all agGain, I'll leaveF7M9 everyone exhauFsted

CSome folks get a Gbreak,F7M9 me I never got Fone

C I thought ofG you at F7M9night when I would drinFk too much

 If you thCought about meG too, you'dF7M9 never tried to get Fin touch

C Went back to Gschool and IF7M9 ran into some guysF I knew

CWe started up this Gband but we F7M9couldn't seem to getF it through

C We got someG gigs, F7M9evetually we lostF that too

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

 And this, tChis is my life, On the 4Gth of July F7M9

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

 [C G F7M9 F]

C I got aG job F7M9selling ads for maFgazines

 At nighCt when I wouldG play, I'd F7M9think about her conFstantly

CEverything I Gloved it sF7M9omehow got away Ffrom me

 And suicideC, G I tF7M9alked about it openlFy

C I finallyG quit, or F7M9maybe I got firedF, I don't know

CIt doesn't mattGer just as F7M9long as it happened though F

CAdded up the Gfears and the F7M9doubts I've been liviFng with

CSongs of ligGhtening bugs, sF7M9chool, work, and all Fthat shit

 And this, thCis is my life On the 4thG of July F7M9

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

 [C G F7M9 F]

C I lost a Ggirl someF7M9time and a couFple friends

C Small talk at Gparties I neveF7M9r could stomach it F

CI'm old enough to Gsay that IF7M9 remember when F

 But IC dont have the Gtime for your nF7M9astalgia or your crisFitisms

C You live and Glearn, meF7M9, well I learnFed to let go

C Parents and Gbosses and F7M9people who don'tF want you to grow

CI think that Ganything you F7M9want to you Fcan do

CAnd no one isG going to tell mF7M9e just who the heFll I should sing to

 And this, Cthis is my life On the 4thG of July F7M9

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