Chords for American Aquarium - Losing Side Of Twenty-Five
Tempo:
67.575 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#] [E] [B] [E]
[G#m] [A] [E] [B] [E]
[B] [A] [E] All my friends are growing up, changing pretty girls last name.
I'm still finding my way, rolling down the highway, playing a much younger man's game.
[B] [E]
[B] [A] [E] Every night we're [C#m] drinking, and dive bars and [A] dance [Em] halls.
They're all at [A] that age [E] where they're all having babies and picking out the nursery color [C#m] walls.
[Em] They [A] all ask me how I'm doing.
I just smile and realize,
[E] that although it was kind to me, my youth is all behind me.
[B] Now I'm [A] on the losing [E] side, the losing side of 25.
[B] [E] [B] [A] Mom [E]
and Dad did the best they could to raise [A] me the right [Em] way.
And I leaned more [A] to their own, and I started [F#] writing songs, just thinking I [E] had something to say.
[B] [E] [B] [E]
So every week at the food line, all the other [A] parents boast,
[E] about their kids graduating, getting higher educations, and the big city jobs that they chose.
[C#m] My [A] parents ask me how I'm doing.
I [A] hang my head and close my [E] eyes.
They say don't [Am] throw your life away, go [E] get a job that [G#m] pays.
We love you [A] and we know that you [E] tried, the losing side of 25.
[B] [E]
[B] [A] [E] Yeah, I might never have a mansion.
Hell, I might never own [A] me a [E] home.
But I got a couple songs, and some boys that [G#] I call friends, and a pretty [E] girl that I can call my own.
[B] [E]
[B] [E] Yeah, I might never be a millionaire.
That's alright [A] by [E] me.
Cause I've done the things I wanted to, and said the things I needed to, and seen the things I wanted to see.
When they all ask me [Am] how I'm [C#m] doing, [E] I just smile and [A] [E] realize,
there are different roads to happiness.
[Am] I took a [E] different path I guess, came [A] out on the other side just [E] fine.
The losing side of 25.
[B] [E] [B] [A] Yeah, [E] there are different roads to happiness.
I took a [B] different path I guess, came out on the other [N] side just fine.
The [E] losing side of 25.
[Em]
[G#m] [A] [E] [B] [E]
[B] [A] [E] All my friends are growing up, changing pretty girls last name.
I'm still finding my way, rolling down the highway, playing a much younger man's game.
[B] [E]
[B] [A] [E] Every night we're [C#m] drinking, and dive bars and [A] dance [Em] halls.
They're all at [A] that age [E] where they're all having babies and picking out the nursery color [C#m] walls.
[Em] They [A] all ask me how I'm doing.
I just smile and realize,
[E] that although it was kind to me, my youth is all behind me.
[B] Now I'm [A] on the losing [E] side, the losing side of 25.
[B] [E] [B] [A] Mom [E]
and Dad did the best they could to raise [A] me the right [Em] way.
And I leaned more [A] to their own, and I started [F#] writing songs, just thinking I [E] had something to say.
[B] [E] [B] [E]
So every week at the food line, all the other [A] parents boast,
[E] about their kids graduating, getting higher educations, and the big city jobs that they chose.
[C#m] My [A] parents ask me how I'm doing.
I [A] hang my head and close my [E] eyes.
They say don't [Am] throw your life away, go [E] get a job that [G#m] pays.
We love you [A] and we know that you [E] tried, the losing side of 25.
[B] [E]
[B] [A] [E] Yeah, I might never have a mansion.
Hell, I might never own [A] me a [E] home.
But I got a couple songs, and some boys that [G#] I call friends, and a pretty [E] girl that I can call my own.
[B] [E]
[B] [E] Yeah, I might never be a millionaire.
That's alright [A] by [E] me.
Cause I've done the things I wanted to, and said the things I needed to, and seen the things I wanted to see.
When they all ask me [Am] how I'm [C#m] doing, [E] I just smile and [A] [E] realize,
there are different roads to happiness.
[Am] I took a [E] different path I guess, came [A] out on the other side just [E] fine.
The losing side of 25.
[B] [E] [B] [A] Yeah, [E] there are different roads to happiness.
I took a [B] different path I guess, came out on the other [N] side just fine.
The [E] losing side of 25.
[Em]
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
Em
E
A
B
[G#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [G#m] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] All my friends are growing up, changing pretty girls last name.
I'm still finding my way, rolling down the highway, playing a much younger man's game.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ Every night we're [C#m] drinking, and dive bars and [A] dance [Em] halls.
They're all at [A] that age [E] where they're all having babies and picking out the nursery color [C#m] walls.
[Em] They [A] all ask me how I'm doing. _
I just smile and realize,
[E] that although it was kind to me, my youth is all behind me.
[B] Now I'm [A] on the losing [E] side, the losing side of 25. _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] [A] Mom [E] _
and Dad did the best they could to raise [A] me the right [Em] way.
And I leaned more [A] to their own, and I started [F#] writing songs, just thinking I [E] had something to say. _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E]
So every week at the food line, all the other [A] parents boast,
[E] about their kids graduating, getting higher educations, and the big city jobs that they chose.
[C#m] My [A] parents ask me how I'm doing.
I [A] hang my head and close my [E] eyes.
They say don't [Am] throw your life away, go [E] get a job that [G#m] pays.
We love you [A] and we know that you [E] tried, the losing side of 25.
_ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] Yeah, I might never have a mansion.
Hell, I might never own [A] me a [E] home.
But I got a couple songs, and some boys that [G#] I call friends, and a pretty [E] girl that I can call my own.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ Yeah, I might never be a millionaire.
That's alright [A] by [E] me.
Cause I've done the things I wanted to, and said the things I needed to, and seen the things I wanted to see.
When they all ask me [Am] how I'm [C#m] doing, [E] I just smile and [A] [E] realize,
there are different roads to happiness.
[Am] I took a [E] different path I guess, came [A] out on the other side just [E] fine.
The losing side of 25. _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] Yeah, [E] there are different roads to happiness.
I took a [B] different path I guess, came out on the other [N] side just fine.
The [E] losing side of 25.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] All my friends are growing up, changing pretty girls last name.
I'm still finding my way, rolling down the highway, playing a much younger man's game.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ Every night we're [C#m] drinking, and dive bars and [A] dance [Em] halls.
They're all at [A] that age [E] where they're all having babies and picking out the nursery color [C#m] walls.
[Em] They [A] all ask me how I'm doing. _
I just smile and realize,
[E] that although it was kind to me, my youth is all behind me.
[B] Now I'm [A] on the losing [E] side, the losing side of 25. _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] [A] Mom [E] _
and Dad did the best they could to raise [A] me the right [Em] way.
And I leaned more [A] to their own, and I started [F#] writing songs, just thinking I [E] had something to say. _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E]
So every week at the food line, all the other [A] parents boast,
[E] about their kids graduating, getting higher educations, and the big city jobs that they chose.
[C#m] My [A] parents ask me how I'm doing.
I [A] hang my head and close my [E] eyes.
They say don't [Am] throw your life away, go [E] get a job that [G#m] pays.
We love you [A] and we know that you [E] tried, the losing side of 25.
_ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ [E] Yeah, I might never have a mansion.
Hell, I might never own [A] me a [E] home.
But I got a couple songs, and some boys that [G#] I call friends, and a pretty [E] girl that I can call my own.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [E] _ Yeah, I might never be a millionaire.
That's alright [A] by [E] me.
Cause I've done the things I wanted to, and said the things I needed to, and seen the things I wanted to see.
When they all ask me [Am] how I'm [C#m] doing, [E] I just smile and [A] [E] realize,
there are different roads to happiness.
[Am] I took a [E] different path I guess, came [A] out on the other side just [E] fine.
The losing side of 25. _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ [A] Yeah, [E] there are different roads to happiness.
I took a [B] different path I guess, came out on the other [N] side just fine.
The [E] losing side of 25.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _