Intro riff:
D                 Dsus4
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro chords w/full band: D A G x4
                   D
I know you met the devil once when you were young
                                        Bm
You let him in just enough, to push you out.
            G                  Bm                 G               D
You managed twenty-one years before he talked you round to giving up.
          Dsus4             D              Dsus4
We traded knowledge in, our fields of expertise
               Bm                 G          Asus4  A
Then we parted ways, and you gave up on everything.

G                                Bm
Do you think you'd still want to leave now?
G                      Bm            A   G
You always were just a stubborn kid back then
                         Bm
I saw the words that you wrote down
       A
On the back of your book in the room where we spent our days.

D A G x2

               D                       (G)            D
I remember you told me, you threw your father’s Jimmy Neil CD out the
(G)           Bm
window of his car.
          G            Bm         G                     D
It didn’t get you very far In his good books, because I know
             G                  D              G                 Bm
When you got home, he bent your spine over the back of a kitchen chair
            G            Asus4  A
You lost so many days in there.


G                                Bm
Do you think you'd still want to leave now?
G                      Bm            A   G
You always were just a stubborn kid back then
                         Bm
I saw the words that you wrote down
       
       A                                                G    Bm
On the back of your book in the room where we spent our days.

G Bm A
Guitar solo:
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---(10)-(10)-10-10-8-8-7---------10-10-8-8-7------------------------|
G|----------------------7-9-11--------------7-9-11-9-7----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------7-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
The first notes on the tenth fret come in under the singing 
and I’m not sure exactly how many there are; 
the two I’ve put in brackets represent these.


G                        Bm
I saw the words that you wrote down
       A                                                D   Dsus4   Bm
On the back of your book in the room where we spent our days.
       G                       D
In the room where we spent our days.
Dsus Bm G

G Bm                      G                Bm          (A)     G
   I thought I saw your reflection, in the window of a passing car.
Bm                   Asus4 A            G                
   But I guess I was wrong, all I am is wrong these days.
Bm G Bm/A G Bm Asus4 A G (hold)

G                                Bm
Do you think you'd still want to leave now?
G                      Bm            A   G
You always were just a stubborn kid back then
                         Bm
I saw the words that you wrote down
       A                                                G     Bm
On the back of your book in the room where we spent our days.
G Bm/A 
G                        Bm
I saw the words that you wrote down
       A                                                G     
On the back of your book in the room where we spent our days.