Acoustic version taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrEsinuRy8U
This is the riff they play through most of the song
When there's a D* you can either play the riff or just a D
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------0-2-0-------------|
Gb|--------2---------2-----------|
Db|------4---4-------------------|
Ab|------------------------------|
Db|-/4-0-------------------------|
The song is a half step down but to play the riff you have to be in drop Db (C#)
[Intro]
G Bm A A (x2)
D* (x2)
[Verse]
D* D* Em G
The patience I once had is running away with my youth
Em G
Away in its hands
D* D*
I've been neglecting who I am
Em G
That's just who I was back then
Em G D G
Don't need to be perfect, just happy
D G D Em G
I'm still a lost boy
D G
I'm still a lost boy
[Chorus]
G Bm A G
Last year I was a trainwreck, now I'm just a mess
Bm A D* D*
I'm letting go so I don't lose myself
[Verse]
D* D* Em G Em G
Every once in a while I listen to Death Cab and think about how it used to be
D* D*
We thought that we knew the answers
Em G
When no one was asking
Em G D G
Asking the questions
D G D Em G
I'm still a lost boy
D G
I'm still a lost boy
[Chorus]
G Bm A G
Last year I was a trainwreck, now I'm just a mess
Bm A D
I'm letting go so I don't lose myself
G D
I'm starting to be where I need to be
G
I'm starting to be where I need to be
[Bridge]
G G Bm A
G
It feels like I've been taking the long way for a while now
Bm A
Haven't been at home in more years than I care to say
G Bm
I keep letting my past cover what the present shouldn't be
A
What I shouldn't be
[Chorus]
D A G
Last year I was a trainwreck, now I'm just a mess
Bm A D
I'm letting go so I don't lose myself
G D
I'm starting to be where I need to be
G
I'm starting to be where I need to be
[Outro]
D* D*
Em G D
