Capo 1
Verse 1
G
The traffic light
Waits for you to tell me the
Em
tale of a shattered life, tonight
And I just passed by when you have
D
had the chance to fight
Or would you spend your last days alone
Thinkin nobody would have cared
C
Or known just look me in the eye and see that its a light
D G (leads into chorus)
So you're telling me,
Chorus
D
This is how you're going down
Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
G
Well you are way off track to think like that
D C
Coz now you have taken back,
Em
everything that you ever said
D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
C
Well this is what I, what I left behind
G Em
What I left behind, what I left behind
Verse 2
G
Need a change
Em
In a minute of my time did I get your name?
Well you say, that I haven't been
D
asked that in years now I think,
the traffic light that stood in the way
C
So that I can hear what you had to say
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Im half way through your story
D G
Cant help thinking that you're just like me
Chorus
D
This is how you're going down
Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
G
Well you are way off track to think like that
D C
Coz now you have taken back,
Em
everything that you ever said
D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
C Am
Well this is what I, what I left behind
C
Forgetting about ourselves
Em
Is like history that dust is covering
D C
left on the shelf, on the shelf
D (single strum)
The crosswalks make the way for us to say what we need to say
Chorus
G D
Yeah, this is how you're going down
Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
G
Well you are way off track to think like that
D C
Coz now you have taken back,
Em
everything that you ever said
D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
C Em
Well this is what I, what I left behind
(So your telling me)
(This is how you're going down)
C
This is what I, what I left behind
