Instruments
| Emaj7 | Emaj7 | E | E | [x2]
Verse 1
| Emaj9 | Emaj9 | Amaj9 | Amaj9 | "welcome to the real world" she said to me condescendingly| C#m11 | C#m11 | Em7 | Em7 |"take a seat, take your life plot it out in black and white"| Emaj9 | Emaj9 | Amaj9 | Amaj9 | well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings and the drama queens | C#m11 | C#m11 | F#9 | F#9 |I'd like to think the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve
Pre-Hook
| Asus2 | Asus2 | Asus2 | Asus2 | Emaj9 | Emaj9 |they love to tell you "stay in-side the lines" | F#7 | F#7 | Asus2 | E/G# | Emaj9 | Emaj9 |but something's better on the other side
Hook
| Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I want to run through the halls of my high school | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I want to scream at the top of my lungs | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I just found out there's no such thing as the real world | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |just a lie you've got to rise above
Verse 2
| Emaj9 | Emaj9 | Amaj9 | so the good boys and girls take the so-called right track| Amaj9 | C#m11 | C#m11 |faded white hats grabbing credits, maybe transfers | Em7 | Em7 |they read all the books but they can't find the answers| Emaj9 | Emaj9 | Amaj9 | Amaj9 | all of our parents, they're getting older I wonder if they've wished for.. | C#m11 | C#m11 | F#9 | F#9 | anything better while in their memories, tiny tragedies
Pre-Hook
| Asus2 | Asus2 | Asus2 | Asus2 | Emaj9 | Emaj9 |they love to tell you "stay in-side the lines" | F#7 | F#7 | Asus2 | E/G# | Emaj9 | Emaj9 |but something's better on the other side
Hook
| Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I want to run through the halls of my high school | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I want to scream at the top of my lungs | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I just found out there's no such thing as the real world | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |just a lie you've got to rise above
Instruments
| Fmaj7#11 | Fmaj7#11 | Asus2 | Fmaj7#11 |
Bridge
| Asus2 | Fmaj7#11 | Asus2 | Fmaj7#11 |I am invincible I am invincible | Asus2 | G | G |I am invincible as long as I'm alive
Instruments
| Asus2 | [x4]| Emaj9 | Emaj9 | F#7 | F#7 || Asus2 | E/G# Emaj9 |
Hook
| Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I want to run through the halls of my high school | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I want to scream at the top of my lungs | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I just found out there's no such thing as the real world | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |just a lie you've got to rise above
Ending
| Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I just can't wait for my ten year reunion | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |I'm gonna bust down the double doors | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |And when I stand on these tables before you | Am9 D11 | Emaj9 |You will know what all this time was for
