Bright Eyes - I Will Be Grateful For This Day

here’s the basic chords for the song , i’m sure i saw the intro riff somewhere but i
find it right now . . enjoy .

A E
i had girl i knew
F#m E ( continue for verse )
she grew became a woman now

i think that she teaches at
one of the schools downtown ,

we used to roll the windows down
and play the music loud

smoking out in her car
lost in west omaha ,

and we’d get drunk and kiss
our bodies twist like shoe laces .

and we never came untied;
i guess you were just my type .

you know that summer never stopped .
i still pretend i’m there .

bands in the living room ,
the neighbors they never cared .

[ chorus ]
F#m E
so when i sat behind the drum set .
F#m E
your heartbeat’s what i tried to play .
F#m F E C# D
with the kick and snares so careless not in time .
D
so you got ahead of me .
and i guess i’m still dragging behind . ( back to verse )

i had a friend who changed his name
but couldn’t change himself .
never quite figured out
how to do with what life had dealt .
he put a needle in his arm
to calm his handsome hell .
who would have imagined it?
could’ve worked out so well .
now he’s a shape that moves
like echoes through my empty room .
and there’s a voice that speaks
like someone’s right behind me .
i turned around and found
exactly what you would expect .
clothes i left on my floor .
the papers piled on my desk .
but where the ink is
where the cause effect what’s meant by it
the story is incomplete .
the pictures’ left unfinished .
so i Am writing my own ending .
i’ll let my pen bleed black or blue .
and i will color in the meaning .
it will be gold and green and true .
and i’ll learn to love my new discovered proof .
i’ll be grateful for this day .
i will be grateful for each day to come .