Tom: C C F C F [Verse] F C Old friends, they grow old C F Some don't make it at all F C Those times, they were just gold C F At the time, they were just small F G Moments we take in G F Hours that just pass F G Cities far apart G F And the memories, they still last F C Years we get busy C F Caught up in this life F C Of who we became C F No time for thinking twice F G If only someone said G F That the days would sometimes end F G We'd grow into something new G F But we'd miss it in the blend [Chorus] F Am I got roses on my shades Am C My eyes are just a glaze F Responsibility was never, ever customary F Am Innocent and free Am C Dream out loud and be C F And you make me really see F C This life ain't easy C F But it's the one that we all got [Verse] F C Stories on the street C F Tell me TV shows to see F C And the music I should hear F Then you take me for a beer F G told me how you crashed your car G F Told me how you went too far F G No more drinking anymore G F No more smoking, no more coke [Chorus] F Am Now the sun beats through my shades Am C And my eyes are just a glaze C F And my house full of my girls F And my brains dizzy in a whirl Am So much responsibility Am C Sometimes I cannot breathe C F But it's the here and it's the now F F I wouldn't change it for the world F C 'Cause this life ain't easy C F But it's the one that we all got [Verse] F C All the choices that I made C F And all the fuck-ups I had to face F C All the minutes on my own F And the loneliness I owned F G And the hours in my head G F And the things I wish I'd said F G That I love you more and more G F but it came out wrong for sure F Am And this monkey on my back Am C Has been living here for years C F I got to know him pretty well F F He likes to give me all my fears [Chorus] F Am I'd like to make it on my own Am C But the friendship's strong within C F And I hold that part so tight F F 'Cause it makes it all so clear C That this life ain't easy F But it's the one that we all got F C That this life ain't easy C F C But it's the one that we all got