G       D       A
You lived a life of pride
E       A       G
You lived a life of pain
G       D       A       D       G
Trying to pray away stormy weather
G       D       A
Sweeping up the dust
E       A       G
Reaching out for yesterday
G       D        A      D       G
Yesterday is a blade, sharp as ever


[Chorus]
D
The well that held those tears
A                       G
Couldn't make it one more year
E               A               G
I guess there's a loser in every fight
G                       A
Your favorite version of the past,
D               G
You found in a photograph
G               A               D
American flags in black and white


[Instrumental]
G D A E A G
G D A E G

[Verse]

G       D       A
I promised my belief
E       A       G
I promised lots of thing
G       D       A       D       G
A promise never brought your kind of message
G       D       A
Because if it don't burn up
A       E       A       G
It'll blow away next spring
G       D       A       D       G
You won't be combing through the wreckage


[Chorus]
D
And the things that made you feel so safe
A                       G
Are only on a screen these days
E               A               G
And there's a loser in every fight
G               A
Your favorite version of the past,
D               G
You found in a photograph
G               A               D
American flags in black and white


[Instrumental]
G D A E A G
G D A E G

[Chorus]
D
The well that held those tears
A                               G
Couldn't make it one more year
E               A               G
I guess we're the losers in this fight
G                       A
My favorite version of the past,
D                       G
Is you in a photograph
G               A               D
American flags in black and white
G               A               D
American flags in black and white