Mann Aimee – 4th Of July tab
Chords:
Capo 2 C G Am F She was on fire and wild and American C G Am F She burns it out probably just because she can C G Am F And if I had a dollar for every thing I should've said C G Am F I'd prolly still be busted, I would throw it all away again C G Am F The lightening bugs light up all across the southern sky C G Am F Some guys get it all and they don't even need to try C G Am F I watched you roll away but you didn't even say goodbye C G Am F And now I hate the night, I'm guessin' that's the reason why C G Am And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F G It isn't much, but at least it's mine [C G Am F] C G Am F Got in my van, ended up in Boston C G Am F Thought about my friends and how easily I lost them C G Am F I'd do it all again, I'll leave everyone exhausted C G Am F Some folks get a break, me I never got one C G Am F I thought of you at night when I would drink too much C G Am F If you thought about me too, you'd never tried to get in touch C G Am F Went back to school and I ran into some guys I knew C G Am F We started up this band but we couldn't seem to get it through C G Am F We got some gigs, evetually we lost that too G Did you ever think that if you're not happy it's because of you C G Am And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F G It isn't much, but at least it's mine [C G Am F] C G Am F I got a job selling ads for magazines C G Am F At night when I would play, I'd think about her constantly C G Am F Everything I loved it somehow got away from me C G Am F And suicide, I talked about it openly C G Am F I finally quit, or maybe I got fired, I don't know C G Am F It doesn't matter just as long as it happened though C G Am F Added up the fears and the doubts I've been living with G Songs of lightening bugs, school, work, and all that shit C G Am And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F G It isn't much, but at least it's mine [C G Am F] C G Am F I lost a girl sometime and a couple friends C G Am F Small talk at parties I never could stomach it C G Am F I'm old enough to say that I remember when C G Am F But I dont have the time for your nastalgia or your crisitisms C G Am F You live and learn, me, well I learned to let go C G Am F Parents and bosses and people who don't want you to grow C G Am F I think that anything you want to you can do G And no one is going to tell me just who the hell I should sing to C G Am And this, this is my life On the 4th of July F G It isn't much, but at least it's mine (x2)