Chords for American Aquarium - When We Were Younger Men

[B] Hey, maybe it was me.
[A] _ [G#] _ _
What's the common denominator of all these fucking problems?
Hey. _
Oh fuck, six records are out there saying it's them. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sorry. _
So I wanted to write this song.
This is [C#m] not a mean song, this is not a [A] bad song, this is not an ill will song.
This is a [E] love letter to those guys, letting them know that I hope they find [A] whatever it is they're looking for.
I hope they find happiness, I hope they find peace, I [D] hope they find [A] whatever [Em] it is in this world they want.
[A] And so if y'all can [Bm] thank y'all.
[A] This _ _ _ _ _ goes out to them. _
_ It's a serious song, so try not to be a shithead. _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
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I still hear the silence [E] echo [F#m] across the hardwood floors
[D] Screaming as you cut [A] across the room [E] to that front door
[A] Nothing lasts forever, [E] [F#] but I'd have sworn [F#m] you'd stay
Ain't [D] it funny how the good [A] things in life [E] seem to fade [D] away
_ We [A] were carrying [E] that heavy [D] load
_ _ [F#m] Till one of us [E] got tired [D] of lifting
We [A] were driving [E] down a dead end [D] road
In [F#m] a car too [E] far gone [D] for fixing
But [A] _ [E] _ _ I [A] still think about that summer
[E] And I still hear the sounds
[C#m] Petty on the [A] radio, I [D] walk back down
[A] I called you my brother, [E] but you were closer than my kin
[F#m] And it kills me knowing you may never [D] pass my way again
[A] But I hope [E] that every now _ [D] and then _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] You look [E] back fondly [D] on the days [E] when we were younger
[A] _ We _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] packed up that 350, [C#m] Ford, a [F#m] Connell line
[A] With hopes and [D] dreams and other childish [A] things men learned to leave [E] behind
We [A] spent a decade doing circles, [F#m] not knowing what's in store
[D] Each new town more [A] magical than the [E] town before
[D] _ _ _ [A] But we [E] lost track of [D] time
And _ [F#m] the dark hair of our [E] youth [D] started to whiten
I [A] watched my [E] father's face [D] become mine
And [F#m] the cruel [C#] hands of truth [D] started to tighten
But _ [E] _ _ _
I [A] still think about that summer
[E] So long ago it seems
[C#m] Petty on the radio, [D] us running down a dream
[A] I called you my brother, [E] but you were closer than my kin
[F#m] And it kills me knowing you may [D] never pass my way again
[A] But I hope that [E] every now _ [D] and then
You _ _ _
[F#m] look [E] back fondly on [D] the days [E] when we were younger
[A] _ I _ _ _ _ _
[D] remember back before [E] that pendulum had swung
[A] Back before we said the things [D] that couldn't be undone
[F#m]
I remember back when [E] we were wild and we [C#m] were [D] young
But [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] I still think about that summer
[E] And how it passed us by
[F#m] Petty on the radio, us [D] learning how to fly
[A] I called you my brother, [E] but you were closer than my kin
[F#m] And it kills me knowing you may never [D] pass my way again
[A] But I hope that [E] every now [F#m] and [D] then
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
You [E] look back fondly [D] on the days [E] when we were younger
[A] Thank _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
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