A Slow Descent

C - X32010
Am - x02210
G - 320033
F - 133211


---Intro---
C   Am  G  F


---Verse---

    C 

I'm tired

                         Am

cynical and broken, but wiser

                         G

heavy with a sense of resentment

                          F

but i used to be so much different

 

i used to have so much faith

         C

when i started

                         Am

you knew that i always meant it

                        G

i knew i could make a difference

 

i struggled to be heard

            F

and then finally, one day people started listening

 
C  Am  G  F
 

---Verse 2---

        C

and i knew it

                                 Am

but as soon as it began it was ruined

                                 G

a slow descent from unique to routine

 

over and over

      F

just do it again and this time with feeling

     C

the spotlight 

                                    Am

the focus on the friends and the feelings

                                         G

that made those stupid songs all worth singing

 

and don't you say a word

         F                                     C      Am  G  F
 
unless you're pretty sure that you want it analyzed

         


E|----Chor| us----

       C

so we drove

 

for what seemed like days

     Am

over roads

 

and four lane highways

    G

we said all we had to say

       F                                      C                             

and I realized in time that it didn't mean anything

Reapeat Chorus

 

---End Part---  

C*carried from verse*        Am
It's only a matter of time
                        (Anything)

                            G
It's only a matter of time

                            F
It's only a matter of time
                        
                                  C
It's only a matter of time          
           (Well never no never again)

                                  Am
It's only a matter of time 
                        (Not like that)

                                  G
It's only a matter of time
                        (Not like that)

                            F
It's only a matter of time

                            C
It's only a matter of time