Tall Heights – To Be Young chords

CAPO II


INTRO:   (G)e|-7---|B|-0---|G|-0---|D|-9---|A|-10--|E|-8---| 

VERSE:          (G)       e|-(7)------------10-------|       B|--0--------------0-------|       G|--0--------------0-------|       D|--9--------------9-------|    (x3)       A|--10------------10-------|       E|--8-------------10-------| Oh it was white sand and deep blue wavesWe were running up to   shore        Sun glints on sparkling faces

          (G)  (F#/G)  (Em)          (G)    (F#/G)  (F/G) hold      e|--10----10------10------------10------10------10--|      B|--0------0-------0------------0-------0-------0---|      G|--0------0-------0------------0-------0-------0---|      D|--9------9-------9------------9-------9-------9---|        A|--10-----9-------7------------10------9-------8---|      E|--x------x-------x------------x-------x-------x---|I dont feel or see anymore, I dont feel or see anymore

             Am     C      G                   Am    C    GTo be young,                      to be young
             Am               C                    GWere just leaves, leaves, floating on down the stream
             Am                C             GMy job, my house, my car, my whole social scene
    Dm             G           C        AmSo high are the stakes, every move we make
          F           G             CSends us down, down, down in that stream


CHORUS:
              F            AmHere in the only life I know
               GThose summer days rush out like warm air from my lungs
                 F             AmThats just the way the story goes
           GAll Ive learned I still wish I didnt know
           G                                  Am    C     G    (x2)All I didnt know, oh, when we were young


VERSE:
             Am          C                    GWhen I was young I told myself Id keep my friends
           Am             C                   GThey were good and I was true, didnt need to end
                Dm           GOh how theyve risen they fallen
          C           AmLike the sun circles round
             F           G           AmGuess Ive done just as well as anyone
            F       G            CHard to accept it, Im just anyone
                  F             AmBut here in this only life I know
              GThose summer days rush out like water from the lawn
               F               AmIts just the way the story goes
            GStand in line now and talk about the day when we were young


INTERLUDE:
Am    C     G    (x4)
Dm  G  C  Am  
F   G    Am
F   G   

VERSE (like intro):
GMy conscious couldve sunbathed
Every day in my bright blue mind
Now its crowded with guilt and purpose and
        G      F#/G     EmI just want it all aligned
        G      F#/G     EmI just want it all aligned
        G      F#/G     F/GI just want it all aligned


             F     G     Am         GHere in the only life I know
                 F         G      AmThats just the way the story goes
               GAnd Ill be damned, Ill be damned


CHORUS: 
              F           AmHere in the only life I know
             GNot taking notice I dont know which way to go
               F             AmIts just the way the story goes
           GIll be damned if Im to live it out alone
              F    G     AmHere in the only life I know
             GWith any waste of time it hits so close to home
               F       G      AmIts just the way the story goes
           GIll be damned if Im to live it out alone
I wont live it out alone
Wont live it out alone

VERSE:
            Am                C                      GWere just leaves, leaves, floating on down the stream
            Am                 C              GMy job my house my clothes my whole social scene
    Dm              GSo high are the stakes
     Dm        G      C    AmSo high are the stakes, every move we make
          F           G             AmSends us down, down, down in that stream
         Dm       G         C          AmAnd one day, one day, one bright clear day
     F                G          AmI think we all might just disappear
          F              G           C         AmSink on down in that river cold and clear, my dear
               F       G         AmOn down like leaves in an icy stream
              F              G                 COn down like leaves to the bottom of an icy stream