Intro (x2): Bbm Gb Db Ab 

Verse:
Bbm                                                Gb
When we were young the future was so bright (Woah-oh!)
                                         Db
The old neighborhood was so alive (Woah-oh!)
                                               Ab
And every kid on the whole damn street (Woah-oh!)
 
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
 
Bbm                                             Gb
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn (Woah-oh!)
                                                       Db
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn (Woah-oh!)
                         Ab
How can one little street
 
Swallow so many lives
 
Chorus:
        Bbm
Chances thrown
          Gb
Nothing's free
        Db               Ab
Longing for what used to be
           Bbm
Still it's hard
        Gb
Hard to see
        Db               Ab
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
 
Verse:
Bbm                                           Gb
Jamie had a chance, well she really did (Woah-oh!
                                                          Db
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids (Woah-oh!)
                                              Ab
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
 
Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Bbm                           Gb
Jay committed suicide (Woah-oh!)
                              Db
Brandon OD'd and died (Woah-oh!)
 
What the hell is going on
Ab
cruelest dream, reality
 
Chorus:
        Bbm
Chances thrown
          Gb
Nothing's free
        Db               Ab
Longing for what used to be
           Bbm
Still it's hard
        Gb
Hard to see
        Db               Ab
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
        Bbm
Chances thrown
          Gb
Nothing's free
        Db               Ab
Longing for what used to be
           Bbm
Still it's hard
        Gb
Hard to see
        Db               Ab
Fragile lives, shattered dreams