Capo on 5
[3 chords]
C Am F
[Verse 1]
C Am
There was a guy at my school when I was in high school
F C
We'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles
C Am
Never even spoken or faced each other
F C
But on the last hill we'd race each other
C Am
When we reached the racks we'd each go our own way
F C
I wasn't in his classes, I didn't know his name
C Am
When we finally got to speak he just stared at his feet
F C
And mumbled a sentence that ended with 'James'
[Chorus]
C Am
I was young and caught in the crowd
F C
I didn't know then what I know now
C Am F C
I was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry
C Am
If I could go back do it again
F C
I'd be someone you could call friend
C Am F C
Please please believe that I'm sorry
[Verse 2]
C Am
Well he was quite a big guy, kinda shy and quiet
F C
When the kids called him weird he didn't try to deny it
C Am
Every lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself
F C
Round the boundary of the grounds til he heard the bell
C Am
Well one day I found him, joined him on his walk
F C
We were silent for a while until we started to talk
C Am
I told him my family were fighting in court
F C
He said his step-dad and him always fought
C Am
We talked about music, he was into punk
F C
Told me all the bands that I liked were junk
C Am
I said I'd never heard the songs the sex pistols sang
F C
I laughed back at him and then the bell rang
[Chorus]
C Am
I was young and caught in the crowd
F C
I didn't know then what I know now
C Am F C
I was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry
C Am
If I could go back do it again
F C
I'd be someone you could call friend
C Am F C
Please please believe that I'm sorry
[Verse 3]
C Am
It was after school in the afternoon
F C
The corridors were crowded as we came out of the rooms
C Am
Three guys I knew pushed him into the cement
F C
Threw away his bag and said he had no friends
C Am
He yelled that he did and he looked around
F C
Tried getting up but they pushed him on down
C Am F C
That's when he saw me, called out my name
C Am F C
And I turned my back, and just walked away
C Am F C
Yeah I turned my back, and just walked away
[Chorus]
C Am
I was young and caught in the crowd
F C
I didn't know then what I know now
C Am F C
I was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry
C Am
If I could go back do it again
F C
I'd be someone you could call friend
C Am F C
Please please believe that I'm sorry
C Am F C
Please, please believe that I’m sorry
