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Version 1 Version 2C = 332010 G = 300003 Gsus4 = 3x0013 F = 133211 Am7add4 = x02233 G/B = x20033 Cadd9 = X32033 G2 = 320033 Em7 = 022033 Am = x02210 Fsus2 = 13301X D5 = xx023x G3 = 320003 INTRO E --------3-------------------| B ------3-----3---------------| G --4-5-------------5----4----| D --------------------------5-| A ----------------------------| G ----------------------------| E --------3------------------| B ------3-----3--------------| G --4-5-------------5----4---| D ---------------------------| A ---------------------------| G ---------------------------| E --------3-------------------| B ------3-----3---------------| G --4-5-------------5----4----| D --------------------------5-| A ----------------------------| G ----------------------------| E --------5------------------| B --3-5-6-----6----5---3-----| G ---------------------------| D ---------------------------| A ---------------------------| G ---------------------------| E --------5------------------| B --3-5-6-----6----5---3-----| G ---------------------------| D ---------------------------| A ---------------------------| G ---------------------------| C G Gsus4 G x's 3 F G F G VERSE C G Gsus4 G A million young poets screamin' out their words C G Gsus4 G to a world full of people, just living' to be heard C G Gsus4 G Future generations ridin' on the highways that we built F G Gsus4 G I hope they have a better understanding. CHORUS C G Gsus4 G (Check it out) Goin' to work on Monday C G Gsus4 G (Check it out) Got yourself a fam'ly C G Gsus4 G (Check it out) All utility bills have been paid. F G You can't tell your best buddy that you love him. Am7add4 G/B (So check it out) Where does our time go? Cadd9 G2 (Check it out) Got a brand new house in escrow Cadd9 Em7 (Check it out) Sleepin' with your back to your loved one. F G This is all that we've learned about happiness. INTERLUDE C G Gsus4 G x's 3 F G F G VERSE C G Gsus4 G (Check it out) Forgot to say hello to my neighbors C G Gsus4 G (Check it out) Sometimes I guestion my own behavior C G Gsus4 G (Check it out) Talkin' about the girls we've seen on the sly, F G just to tell our souls we're still the young lions. CHORUS Am7add4 G/B (So check it out) Getting' too drunk on Saturdays. Cadd9 G2 (Check it out) Playin' football with the kids on Sundays. Cadd9 Em7 (Check it out) Soarin' with the eagles all week long F G Gsus4 G and this is all that we've learned about living. F G Gsus4 G This is all that we've learned about living. F Fsus2 F G Gsus4 G F Fsus2 F G Gsus4 G F Fsus2 F G SOLO C G Gsus4 G C G Gsus4 G C G Gsus4 G F G Check it out! Am C G x's 3 F G Gsus4 G VERSE Cadd9 G Gsus4 G A million young poets screamin' out their words C G Gsus4 G Maybe some day those words will be heard C G Gsus4 G By future generations ridin' on the highways that we built. F G Maybe they'll have a better understanding. Am7add4 G/B (Check it out) Hope they have a better understanding. Cadd9 G (Check it out) Maybe they'll have a better understanding. Cadd9 Em7 (Check it out) Maybe they'll have a better understanding. F G (Check it out) Hope they have a better understanding. OUTRO C G Gsus4 G x's 3 F G C D5 G3 (repeat, fade out) (regular C on the fade out)