The Wonder Years – Teenage Parents chords

[Intro]
B Bb A E
E F#m G# F#m

[Verse I]
B              F#        A              E*You climb six lonely sad stairs to your apartment
      E                 F#m          G#                 F#mAfter another graveyard shift in the cold dull light of morning.
B             Bb             G#                  F#mYou walked in just in time to catch her as she's leaving
         E                F#m                G#            F#      But the schedules and the conflicts kept the roof over our heads.

[Pre-Chorus]
    E              F#mYou said you were strong and naive and
B           F#                    E*If you were scared, well, I would understand.
                           B               F#mI don't think I would have had the guts to handle it.

[Chorus]
B      F#m       E             F#mAll we had were hand-me-downs.
B          F#m     E         F#mAnd all we had was good will
        G#     A                 E*And you always said it would get better.
                              B                       F#m"When you're young and you're poor, they hang on your failures."
        G#     A                 E*And you always said it would get better.

[Post-Chorus]
B Bb A E
E F#m G# F#m

[Verse II]
B             F#m                G#            F#m                We bought our first house at the advent of the 90s
  E             F#m                 G#             F#mA Cape Cod on a busy street that we swore we'd fix eventually.
B         F#m  G#             F#mWinter of '93, we got by with kerosene
  E              F#m            G#             F#m              EA heater in the living room, we huddled around shivering and me
F#m              BTrying to get to sleep.
   F#                     E*My clothes will smell of smoke for weeks.
                      BJust trying to get to sleep.
BTo sleep,
   F#mTo sleep...

[Chorus]
B      F#m       E             F#mAll we had were hand-me-downs.
B          F#m     E         F#mAnd all we had was good will
        G#     A                 E*And you always said it would get better.
                              B                       F#m"When you're young and you're poor, they hang on your failures."
        G#     A                 EAnd you always said it would get better.
                   B                       F#I'm sick of seeing ghosts. I won't be here forever.

[Bridge]
   E*                                                     F#My mother wore a sundress on the day that she got married.
E*                                                F#                        They held the wedding in a backyard near the city.
E*I was just one then, I would never remember it
F#    E*But I heard the voices and implications
G#                    F#mTelling me who I could never be.

[Break]
B      F#       E*           B All we had were hand-me-downs.
E*  B      F#      B          F#   And all we had was good will.

[Chorus]
B      F#m       E             F#mAll we had were hand-me-downs.
B          F#m     E         F#mAnd all we had was good will
        G#     A                 E*And you always said it would get better.
                              B                       F#m"When you're young and you're poor, they hang on your failures."
        G#     A                 B      E* F#And you always said it would get better.