Year: 1999 - Album: Room For Squares
Written by John Mayer, Clay Cook
E7+/9=0,11,13,11,X,X E9=0,11,14,11,X,X G6/9/E=0,10,12,14,0,0 G6/E=0,10,12,12,0,0 Em9=0,10,12,11,0,0 Em7=0,10,12,0,0 E6/A=X,0,11,13,0,0 Asus2=X,0,2,4,X,X F#m/A=X,0,4,6,X,X A5=X,0,7,9,X,X C#/A=X,0,11,13,X,X Aadd9/F#=2,0,2,4,2,0 Aadd9/G#=4,0,2,4,2,0 A7M=X,0,6,6,5,0 C#m/A=X,0,6,6,5,4 Am9=5,0,5,5,0,0 Am9/E=0,0,10,12,0,0 F#7/9+=2,0,2,3,2,0 A7M/9-/F#=2,0,2,3,0,4 C#sus4/E=0,11,11,11,X,X F7M/5-=X,0,3,2,0,0 Aadd9=X,0,7,6,0,0 F7M/5-/G=3,0,3,2,0,0Intro E7+/9 E9 E7+/9 "Welcome to the real world" E6/A She said to me condescendingly A7M C#m/A Take a seat, Take your life G6/9/E G6/E Em9 Em7 Plot it out in black and white E7+/9 Well I never lived the dreams E6/A of the prom kings And the drama queens A7M C#m/A I'd like to think the best of me F#7/9+ Is still hiding up my sleeve PRE-CHORUS: Asus2 F#m/A A5 C#/A They love to tell you E7+/9 C#sus4/E "Stay inside the lines" Aadd9/F# But something's better Aadd9/G# E7+/9 On the other sideE7+/9 So the good boys and girls E6/A take the so called right track A7M C#m/A Faded white hats grabbing credits Maybe transfers G6/9/E G6/E They read all the books but they Em9 Em7 can't find the answers E7+/9 E6/A And all of our parents, They're getting older A7M C#m/A I wonder if they've wished for anything better F#7/9+ A7M/9-/F# While in their memories tiny tragedies REPEAT REFRAIN REPEAT CHORUS Interlude: F7M/5- A F7M/5- Aadd9 I am invincible F7M/5- Aadd9 I am invincible F7M/5- Aadd9 I am invincible F7M/5-/G Asus2 F#m/A A5 C#/A As long as I'm alive Asus2 F#m/A A5 C#/A E7+/9 REPEAT CHORUS Am9 Am9/E E7+/9 I just can't wait til my 10 year reunion Am9 Am9/E E7+/9 I'm gonna bust down the double doors Am9 Am9/E E7+/9 And when I stand on these tables before you Am9 Am9/E E7+/9 E9 You will know what all this time was forAm9 Am9/E I wanna run through the halls E7+/9 of my high school Am9 I wanna scream at the Am9/E E7+/9 Top of my lungs Am9 I just found out there's no Am9/E E7+/9 such thing as the real world Am9 Am9/E E7+/9 Just a lie you've got to rise above