The Wonder Years - I Dont Like Who I Was Then

      [Intro]

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[Verse 1]

E
Tossed around like sea glass and you rounded out my edges.
          (A)                          (B)
I'll feel better when the headaches go away.
        E                                 C#m
I got a scar across my forehead, turning purple in the cold
       A
From a night at Shore Memorial.
      B
I was 16 and afraid.
        A                      B
Turned away, like I'm working baby face
       E        D        A
Out of Mid-South in the 80's.
         E                  B
I kept a blade hidden in my wrist tape.


[Chorus]

             E                              A
I think I'm growing into someone you could trust.
           E           Dm              C#m
I want to shoulder the weight until my back breaks,
  G#m     A 
I want to run until my lungs give up.
                         C#m       E
If I could manage not to fuck this up.
                          B
If I could manage not to fuck this up.
                   A
I think enough is enough.


[Verse 2]

E                               C#m
Hidden in the tall grass in the naked light of day,
         A 
I put my past-self in the ground.
           B
I've been dancing on the grave.
            E
I'm not the person that I was then,
     A           C#m
I'm tearing him away.
       A
I was bitter. I was careless.
      B
I was 19 and afraid


[Pre-Chorus]

A                E
But you deserved more from me.
A                        F#m
I don't know why I would say those things.
A                E                    B
But you deserved more from me and I'm trying every day.


[Chorus]

             E                              A
I think I'm growing into someone you could trust.
           E           Dm              C#m
I want to shoulder the weight until my back breaks,
  G#m     A 
I want to run until my lungs give up.
                         C#m       E
If I could manage not to fuck this up.
                          B
If I could manage not to fuck this up.
                   A
I think enough is enough.


[Bridge]

A                            
You left me walking in circles.
C#m        B            F#m    B
You were a shot in the dark.
G#m          C#m           B
You were the baby teeth I buried.
             G#m                B
You were the sounds of distant cars. 

                        C#m
You left me walking in circles.
            B          A
You were a shot in the dark.
             F#m
You were the banner that says "No One"
       G#m                B
That I tattooed across my heart.

A                       C#m
You left me walking in circles.
            B           A
You were a shot in the dark.
                      F#m                E
You're scattered like ashes across every song that I write.
                  B
You're where the light pollution starts.


[Chorus]

             E                              A
I think I'm growing into someone you could trust.
           E           Dm              C#m
I want to shoulder the weight until my back breaks,
  G#m     A 
I want to run until my lungs give up.
                         C#m       E
If I could manage not to fuck this up.
                          B
If I could manage not to fuck this up.
E          A
Enough is enough.



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