D                A                Bm
So I sit here writing words in our old place  
              G
They all come out as letters  
       D          A                    Bm
And I contemplate mistakes that we all make  
              G
Start and the ending of eras  
D            A
When mystery fades  
Bm              G
We identify the problems  
          D          A              Bm       G
But they may not be problems after all  
  
[Pre-Chorus]
D         A            Bm             G
Shock and dismay they affect what we say  
          D                           A
We should bite our tongues we should bite our tongues  
Bm                G
Cause after all it's only our lives anyway  
D    G  A
  
[Chorus]  
      D            G
And I can't let it bother me  
   A                  D     A        Bm
If fact and fate just can't agree on love on life  
      G              A                D
Can't we stop taking ourselves too seriously  

     D                A              Bm
So I sit here carving words into the wall  
           G                       D
Words that remind me of just how I was  
                A                   Bm
I never felt as old and lonely as I felt  
           G
When I was young and in love  
D            A
When mystery fades  
Bm              G
We identify the problems  
          D          A              Bm         G
But they may not be problems after all  
  
[Pre-Chorus]  
D         A            Bm             G
Shock and dismay they affect what we say  
          D                           A
We should bite our tongues we should bite our tongues  
Bm                G
Cause after all it's only our lives anyway  
D    G  A
  
[Chorus]  
      D            G
And I can't let it bother me  
   A                  D     A        Bm
If fact and fate just can't agree on love on life  
      G              A                D
Can't we stop taking ourselves too seriously  
                   G
And I can't let it bother me  
   A                  D     A        Bm
If fact and fate just can't agree on love on life  
      G              A                D
Can't we stop taking ourselves too seriously