Intro: C G

Verse 1:
Cmaj7                        G                   D
 I've been watching that one scene from the Basketball Diaries
              E
Over and over again
Cmaj7                    G
And I’m thinking that it could have been me
                           E             Cmaj7
If I had just made a different turn instead
                   G
I'm feeling like I dodged a bullet
Bm                                  Cmaj7
But I walked into another line of fire
               G                                                    Cmaj7
Sure it didn't kill me but xxxxxxx if it hasn’t been hurting for a while

Instrumental: G E

Verse 2:
Cmaj7                 G
 And I'm sorry if I'm being too pushy
D                              Cmaj7
I'm sorry if I'm coming off insane
                           G                       Dm                 B                   Cmaj7    G
I just need someone to turn to when all my friends figure out I'm not worth their time of day
      B                                       Cmaj7 G
So if you could just respond once that would be   great

Chorus:
C                                Bm          B
 And it's a felony in Florida to own a fake ID
Cmaj7        C              Bm           B
So tell me am I guilty if I change if no one is near me
C                          Bm                    B           C
And if I'm guilty, baby, tell me that you’re not guilty too
                                        Bm                  G       Cmaj7 Em
’Cause if I'm doomed to be locked up at least let me think that I knew you
G                  D   C   Em Bm D
 Let me think that I knew you

Instrumental 2: C G C G

Verse 3:
Cmaj7                    G
I’m fishing into the zeitgeist and I'm only pulling out clichés
              Cmaj7         G                                     C
I can't shake this empty feeling that I'm an actor on a setting stage
           G                                               C
I’m seeing white and I am not sure how much longer I can go
    G
Reimagining old faces
                    C
Faces you already know

Chorus:
                                Em          D
And it's a felony in Florida to own a fake ID
   C                         Bm
So tell me am I guilty if I change if no one is near me
C                         Bm                     G
And if I'm guilty, baby, tell me that you're not guilty too
C                                        Bm                G            C Em
'Cause if I'm doomed to be locked up at least let me think that I knew you
Bm           D            Cmaj7 Em Bm B
Let me think that I knew you

Bridge:
Cmaj7          Em              Bm
Watch Carroll bang on the door frame
Cmaj7        Em        G              Cmaj7
Reduced to sobbing and his mother's name
          Em          G                                   Cmaj7
And maybe in the next it'll find himself a little bit and fix this
               Em           G
God knows that I feel the same

Outro:
C                                G
 And it's a felony in Florida to own a fake ID
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