Intro: Eb Eb/G Ab Cm Bb
Verse 1:
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Lookin' in the mirror and you don't
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Look the same
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Girls from your past getting new last
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Names
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High school friends burning out like
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Their cigarettes
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Guess that's what happens the older you
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Get
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Start to wish you could've been sixteen
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Forever
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'Cause you know your favorite band
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Ain't getting back together
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And the nights you don't remember are
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The nights that you'll never forget
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Cm Bb
Guess that's what happens the older you
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Get
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Oh, that's just the way that it goеs
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Oh-oh
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And oh, that's just the way that it
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Goеs, oh-oh
Verse 2:
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Life's goin' good but you wonder what's
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After
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'Cause dad's moving slower and time's
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Moving faster
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You hug a little tighter and you say
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The things you never said
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Guess that's what happens
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Sometimes the cancer goes away and
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Sometimes it don't
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So now when your momma calls you always
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Pick up the phone
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And you talk a little longer 'cause
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Tomorrow is not a sure bet
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Oh, oh
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Oh, that's just the way that it goеs
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Oh-oh
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And oh, that's just the way that it
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Goеs, oh-oh
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Guess that's what happens the older
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You get
Bridge:
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The house you grew up in is now gettin'
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Sold
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And a box full of memories is worth
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More than gold
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You close your eyes one last time in
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Your childhood bed
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Guess that's what happens, what happens
Oh
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Home was a place, now home is a person
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And you're lookin' at rings 'cause you
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Swear that you're certain
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And the best day of your life becomes
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The day that the two of you met
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Guess that's what happens the older you
Get
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Oh, that's just the way that it goеs
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Oh-oh
Cm Ab Eb Bb
And oh, that's just the way that it
Eb/G Ab Cm Bb
Goеs, oh-oh
Cm Ab Eb Bb
And oh, that's just the way that it
Eb/G Ab Cm Bb
Goеs, oh-oh
Cm Ab Eb Bb
And oh, that's just the way that it
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Goеs