D                   G
Step down from the SEPTA to the empty street
D         G
4th of July, 2015
D                G
Made plans with Sam and Alex G
D
Got this old feeling
G
More than a memory
D                   G
Met at the Pep Boys on Aramingo
D                           G
Van is full up of fireworks and drunk people
D           G
Get in instead with Alex's friend Bo
       D
Says, "Watch your step, man
G
There's precious cargo"
        A             G
And it landed like a joke
G
Like rubber-banded bundles of dope

[Chorus]
D        A
How many universes
D    A                D
Am I alive and dead in?
D         A
A new one every second
D            A
The path of least resistance
G
Can't make it matter
                   D
My life is sliding by

[Verse 2]
D
Bo's going 70
G
Side street to Kensington
D                        G
His eyes are X's and his head's out the window
D                             G
When he rolls right over some family's Roman candle
D                          G
Cuts the engine, gets out, then lights a cigarette
A                   G
The dad is spitting mad
G
He brought a scary scary uncle
G
Gun in his waistband

[Chorus]
D        A
How many universes
D    A                D
Am I alive and dead in?
D         A
A new one every second
D            A
And then the bat hit Bo's head
G
Can't make it matter more
G
Can't make it matter more
A
Can't make it matter more
A
My life is sliding by
G
Don't really know these kids
G
A little old for this
A
This city's dangerous
A
I guess I'm fine, though

[Bridge]
D              G
My depression suddenly lifted
D                     G
All the adrenaline shocked my nervous system
D                           G
Swore I'd be present and grateful for every second
D
Later the feeling faded
G
I couldn't help it

[Chorus]
D        A
How many universes
D    A                D
Am I alive and dead in?
D         A
A new one every second
D            A
And then the bat hit Bo's head
D        A
How many universes
D    A                D
Am I alive and dead in?
D         A
A new one every second
D  G   D
   Oh