Intro C C/B Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Gsus4 GC Forgive me, Peter C/B My lost fearless leader Am7 In closets like cedar Gsus4 Fmaj7 Preserved from when we were just kids Gsus4 G Is it something I did? C The goddess of timing C/B Once found us beguiling Am7 She said she was trying Gsus4 Peter, was she lying? Fmaj7 Gsus4 G My ribs get the feeling she didVerse 1:
Am G F And I didn't wanna come down Am G F I thought it was just goodbye for nowPre-Chorus
transition C C/B Am G F GDm You said you were gonna grow up F Then you were gonna come find me Am Said you were gonna grow up G Thn you were gonna come find m Dm Said you were gonna grow up F Then you were gonna come find me Am Words from the mouths of babes G F Dm Promises oceansssss deep C C/B Am7 Gsus4 But never to keep Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Gsus4 G Oh, never to keepC C/B Am G Well, I tried to fit in with your upper-crust circles F G Yeah, they let me sit in back when we were in love C C/B Am G Oh, they sit around talkin' about the meaning of life F G And the book that just saved 'em that I hadn't heard ofVerse 2:
C Are you still a mind reader? C/B A natural scene stealer? Am7 I've heard great things, Peter Gsus4 Fmaj7 But life was always easier on you Gsus4 G Than it was on me C And sometimes it gets me C/B When crossing your jet stream Am7 Gsus4 We both did the best we could do Fmaj7 Underneath the same moon Gsus4 G In different galaxiesVerse 3:
I bet you think about me F C But now that we're done and it's over F C I bet you couldn't believe Am G When you realized I'm harder to forget than I was to leave C C/B Am G F G And I bet you think about meC C/B Am G You grew up in a silver-spoon gated community F G Glamorous, shiny, bright Beverly Hills C C/B Am G I was raised on a farm, no, it wasn't a mansion F G Just livin' room dancin' and kitchen table bills Bridge I bet you think about me F C Oh, block it all out G The voices so loud, sayin' Am G F "Why did you let her go?" C Does it make you feel sad G That the love that you're lookin' for F Is the love that you had?Verse 4:
C C/B Am G But you know what they say, you can't help who you fall for F G And you and I fell like an early spring snow C C/B Am G But reality crept in, you said we're too different F G You laughed at my dreams, rolled your eyes at my jokesVerse 4:
C Am And I won't confess that I waited, but I let the lamp burn F G As the men masqueraded, I hoped you'd return C Am With your feet on the ground, tell me all that you'd learned F G 'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned C Am And you said you'd come and get me, but you were twenty-five F G And the shelf life of those fantasies has expired C Am Lost to the "Lost Boys" chapter of your life F G Forgive me, Peter, please know that I tried Am G To hold on (Hold on) to the days (To the days) F When you were mine Am G But the woman who sits by the window F Dm Has turned out the lightBridge: