Notice: It's not that simple to make this song sound good on a single guitar, so if you play alone you may have to try around and vary some parts. They don't always play it the same way, so I listened to various live versions and took the parts as I liked them the most for me, especially in the "Now I'm as old..." parts and the end. There he plays some chords that are hard to name, so I name them like D* and D** etc. But the rest of the song is mainly based on G C and em. Note that C is always played with G in bass and Em is played in 7th fret until this part "I just called..." , from there on it's played "normally" G C Em D* D** C9* C* G9* F#m7 e|--3---0---0----x----x---x----x---x---x--- b|--3---1---0----x----x---x----x---0--(2)-- g|--0---0---0----7---11---5---(9)--0---2--- d|--0---2---5----0----0---0---10---7---2--- A|--2---3---7----9----9---7----7---x---4--- E|--3---3---7---10---10---8----8---7---x--- Verses are played in this special rhythm: |123+4|123+4|1|123+4|1|123+4| |G G |C C |e|G G |C|e C | G C I was born in September Em G and like everything else, I can't remember C Em C I replace it with scenes from a film that I will never make G C When I blinked it was over Em G I was thinking my life will get slower C Em That I will sort this shit out when I'm sober C It's even better now that you're older G C I read the scares on the front page Em G It says we're waiting around for an ice age C Em It says our comforts they come with a price tag C G They killed the cancer but discovered a new plague * no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar or any ideas?) G C *They said just think of the children Em G *and imagine the world that we've willed them C Em *It's populated with weirdos to kill them *and break their hearts C G And everybody knows C This is the end Em G It's now a fashionable, oh oh C Em C dinner party conversation There are several ways to play this part, here is one: |D* |C9* G |D* |C9*| G|-------7-----7---|-----5-------0---|-------7-----7---|-5- D|-0---0---0-----0-|---------------0-|-0---0---0-----0-|-0- A|---9-------9-----|---7---7---2-----|---9-------9-----|-7- E|10---------------|-8-------3-------|10---------------|-8- Now I'm as old as you were when you had me Should I be afraid? Should I start a family? I'd raise them in the wild 'cuz up against the city My love is such a small thing Interlude (picked): | G | C | e - e|-----------------0---------------|-----0-----3---------------------|-----0-----3-----| b|-----3-----0-----------0---------|-----------------0---------------|-----------------| G|-----------------------------2-0-|-----------------------2-----0---|-----------------| D|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----2-------2---| A|---------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-----------------| E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|---------------------------------|-0-------0-------| (strummed) |1234|1234|1|1234|1|123+4| |G G |C C |e|G G |C|e C | G C When you're young you're hot Em You have your whole life before you G Everyone will adore C Em You'll grow up, you'll be an astronaut C G or anything you want. G C What goes up goes up in flames Em and now your choices surround you G and decision confounds you C Em and you're pacing around in place C Shows you everything you're not * no guitar (if you play alone, sounds better with guitar) *And in a brief, little romance *you've committed a soul without its consent *Delivered life as a form without its content G C because young people get bo-o-o-ored everyday Em G C Em C yeah young people, young people get bo-o-o-ored There are several ways to play this part, here is one: |D |C9* G9 |D** |C9*| G|-----------------|-----5-----0---0-|-------11--------|--- D|-----0-----------|-------------7---|-----0-----------|-9- A|---9---9---------|---7---7---------|---9-------------|-7- E|10---------------|-8-------7-------|10---------------|-8- Never went to church thought a song was gonna save me so I wrote a hymn on the guitar that you gave me Singing what you spoke I built a fire with the smoke You know that hope is just a small thing (picked) (In original there's same melody as before continuing on other chords, but I just play alternating bass-string and rest-strings like he plays in some live versions) | G | C/G | Em G | C/G F#m7 | G I just called to tell you C I just called to say Em G Learned all your mistakes C F#m7 You were my inspiration G And it wasn't all we hoped for C But we shake it off and we say Em G Here's your yellow ribbon C F#m7 I am your consolation (strummed) | G | C/G | Em G | C/G F#m7 | | Em | C/G | F#m7 C/G | G I was born in September C and if I die today Em G just know I don't regret you C F#m7 some things I can explain (like) Em It's a slow descent C It's a lifeless place F#m7 C Every god damned day G and I know you know C Em G no matter where you go C F#m7 that I will follow, that I will follow Em You are my only hope C F#m7 C It's not much, but it's all that I know Here's how it goes (strum on muted strings, beside first beat of every chord) G * I just called to tell you C * I just called to say Em G * Learned all your mistakes C F#m7 * Passed down through generations