The Wonder Years

Local Man Ruins Everything(Chords)

The Wonder Years

Key: C

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Intro: E   D   G  C

                     G 
The fountain was off. 
            G                                           C 
This is the first time I've been back to the city in months. 
                                    G 
I'm trying to hold it together but irony's found cracks in the foundation. 

C 
And you know, 
G 
I try so hard to be some great white hope 
E                       C          G                  D       G        D  
But I can't shake the feeling that tonight I'm gonna end up shaking in bed  
  G      
alone. 


E D I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid. G E I had to take my own advice and I did. D G Now I'm waiting for it to sink in. E D G Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was E D It's not about forcing happiness; G It's about not letting the sadness win.
C G C G C I don't have roses in the closet G But I've got pictures in a drawer C It's everything left in me G Not to stare at them anymore. C G I walked upstairs and shaved my beard. C I felt like I was holding sadness here G (I was holding sadness here) C G C G
E D I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid. G E I had to take my own advice and I did. D G Now I'm waiting for it to sink in. E D G Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was E D It's not about forcing happiness; G It's about not letting the sadness win. (You can hold these out if you wish) C I don't have roses in the closet G But I've got pictures in a drawer C It's everything left in me G Not to stare at them anymore.
E D I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid. G I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid. E D I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid. G I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid. Outro:C G C G C

Written by Dan Campbell/The Wonder Years

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