The Basics - The No 1 Cause Of Death Amongst Youth Today

      The No. 1 Cause of Death Amongst Youth Today (Schroeder-De Backer)
The Basics
From Keep Your Friends Close (2009)

Note: In the second and third choruses, Tim Heath (lead guitar) plays Fsus2 and Dm7 over F and Dm. 


Dm
I am an ordinary boy
                   F
I tell an ordinary story 
                        C
Of a life I thought was once unique
    A              Dm
But now I know I'm wrong


Dm
The wheels have fallen off
                              F
It should be sad, but no it's not
                C
'Cause now I've realised that


F               Dm
Oh, we all feel pain from time to time
F               Dm                 Bb    A
Oh, we all feel shame from time to time, oh 


Dm
I hear them talking in the street
                          F
Their voices like a symphony
                       C
They carry on about my life as if
        A             Dm
they've seen it on T.V.


Dm
It all comes back to expectation
                     F
Experience then revelation
                       C
As we discover some relationships
      A             Bb
were never meant to be 
             C
But do they really see? 


F               Dm
Oh, we all feel pain from time to time
F               Dm
Oh, we all feel shame from time to time
Bb               Dm          A
Oh, it weighs so heavy on my mind
Bb                   Dm             A
Oh, but it's time to leave the past behind
Bb
Oh


A                           Bb
You know I know what you know
A                         Bb
I think it's time we let go
     Dm                              C
I'm thinking 'bout my life and how it fell apart
   Bb                               A                  
Today, you know, I've realised it's only just the start 


Dm               Bb
I am an ordinary boy
                   F
I tell an ordinary story
                         A
Of a life I thought was once unique
                   Dm
But now I know I'm wrong


Dm                      Bb
The wheels have fallen off
                               F
It should be sad, but no it's not 
                (Am)
'Cause now I've realised that 


F               Dm
I can put this pain from out my mind
F                 Dm               A
I won't wear this shame for all my life
Bb          Dm                 A
I... Nobody said that life was kind
Bb                    Dm           A
I... But I think it's time we said goodbye
Bb   Dm          A                 Bb
I... We all feel pain from time to time
Dm          A                  Bb
We all feel shame from time to time
Bb
Oh


Dm