Days And Days

N.C. Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue. N.C. See how we polish and we shine. N.C. We rearrange and realign. N.C. Everything is balanced and… and… Dbsus Db Gb Days and days and days—that's how it happens: Db Gbsus2 Days and days and days Gb Made of lunches And car rides Db/F And shirts and socks Ebm7 And grades And piano Db/F Ebm And no one clocks the day you disappear. Dbsus Db Gb Days and days and days— that's how it happens: Db Gbsus2 Days and days and days Gb Made of posing And bragging Db/F And fits of rage Ebm7 Db/F And boys – my god, some of them underage! Ebm7 And, oh, how did it all happen here? Eb/G Abmaj9 There was a time your father swept me off my feet with words. Eb/G We read books, Ab Strolled through Munich at night, drank beer with friends, Cm7 Discussed the places we would go. Fm7 Ebsus2 Fm7 Gm And he said I understood how the world made him ache. N.C. But no, Dbsus Db but no. Gb Dbsus Db That's how it happens: Gbsus2 Days Gb Db/F Made of bargains I made because I thought Ebm7 As a wife I was meant to, Bbm7 Ebm And now my life is shattered and made bare. Bbm11 Days and days and days and days and days and days and days. Bb F Welcome to our house on Maple Avenue. Bb F See how we polish and we shine. Bb/D C/D Dm We rearrange and realign. Bb F Everything is balanced and serene. Bb Fsus2 N.C. Like chaos never happens if it's never seen. Dsus D Gadd2 Don't you come back here. I didn't raise you Em7 Em7/A To give away your days D D/C D Like me.