Verse:
C
There was a time
                                  G
When I could sing and I could dance

With a perfect mind
                               Am
And I would always take a chance
                                   F
But now I realize that today is different
                                 C
It is so different than yesterday

There was a place
                          G
When I could sing this song

a perfect song
                          Am
When nothing could go wrong

And now the place that I am
                 F
It is so different
                 G
It is so different

Yeah

Chorus:
 C                           G
 I tried to sing a song for you
                             Am
 And now I realize that it's gone
                              F
 I tried to live my life for you
                             C
 And now I realize that it's gone
                       G
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       Am
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       F
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       C   G   C
 (I realize that it's gone)

Verse:
                        G
 I loved but now I run away
                           Am
 I lived but now I see the day
                           F
 As just another desperate way
                                C
 To change the way I'm living today
                            G
 The love you see inside of me
                                     Am
 Is not mine but it comes from the only
                                  F
 God that will let you live your life
                             C
 And now I don't have to change

Chorus:
                            G
 I tried to sing a song for you
                             Am
 And now I realize that it's gone
                             F
 I tried to live my life for you
                             C
 And now I realize that it's gone
                       G
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       Am
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       F
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       C
 (I realize that it's gone)

Verse:
             F
 Yeah, yeah, yeah
                               C             F
 You say that you can save the day (save the day)

 So hear me when I say
 C                G            C
 Come on down and save me now


                                   F
 You say that you can take what's gone
 Am                  G
 And turn it into a song
 (nc)
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Chorus:
 C                          G
 I tried to sing a song for you
                             Am
 And now I realize that it's gone
                             F
 I tried to live my life for you
                             C
 And now I realize that it's gone
                       G
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       Am
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       F
 (I realize that it's gone)
                       C
 (I realize that it's gone)