Verse 1:
Bb             Bbmaj7
  Two Augusts ago
           Cm7                       Eb
I told the truth, oh, but you didn't like it, you went home
Bb               Bbmaj7           Cm7   Eb
  You're in your Benz, I'm by the gate
Bb            Bbmaj7
  Now you go alone
              Cm7                       Eb
Charm all the people you train for, you mean well but aim low
Bb                 Bbmaj7                 Cm7   Eb
  And I'll make it known like I'm getting paid

Chorus:
                Bb       Bbmaj7
That's just the way life goes
          Cm7        Eb
I like to slam doors closed
            Bb        Bbmaj7         Cm7
Trust me, I know it's always about me
  Eb
I love you, I'm sorry

Verse 2:
Bb                 Bbmaj7
  Two summers from now
                Cm7                       Eb
We'll have been talking, but not all that often, we're cool now
Bb             Bbmaj7            Cm7   Eb               Bb
  I'll be on a boat, you're on a plane going somewhere, same
                Bbmaj7
And I'll have a drink
          Cm7                    Eb                        Bb
Wistfully lean out my window and watch the sun set on the lake
                 Bbmaj7          Cm7   Eb
I might not feel real, but it's okay, mmm

Chorus:
                       Bb       Bbmaj7
'Cause that's just the way life goes
          Cm7      Eb
I push my luck, it shows
             Bb         Bbmaj7            Cm7
Thankful you don't send someone to kill me
  Eb
I love you, I'm sorry

Bridge:
Bb
You were the best but you were the worst
   Bbmaj7
As sick as it sounds, I loved you first
Cm7
I was a xxxx, it is what it is
  Eb
a habit to kick the age-old curse
Gm
I tend to laugh whenever I'm sad
  Bbmaj7
I stare at the crash, it actually works
Cm7
Making amends, this xxxx never ends
    Eb
I'm wrong again, wrong again

Chorus:
    Bb       Bbmaj7
The way life goes
          Cm7      Eb
Joyriding down our road
           Bb      Bbmaj7                 Cm7
Lay on the horn to prove that it haunts me   -I'm wrong again, wrong again-
  Eb
I love you, I'm sorry
    Bb       Bbmaj7
The way life goes -You were the best but you were the worst- -As sick as it sounds, I loved you first-
        Cm7      Eb
I wanna speak in code -I was a xxxx, it is what it is- -a habit to kick, the age-old curse-
            Bb           Bbmaj7         Cm7
Hope that I don't, won't make it about me -I tend to laugh whenever I'm sad-

-I stare at the crash, it actually works-
  Eb
I love you, I'm sorry