Verse GEm
The world says you’re ready when you’re eighteen
DG
And I was no exception to the rule.
GC
Eager to try my hand and prove to them that I was a man
DG
Not an ounce of fear in anything I do.
CD
Yeah, I thought I knew it all
GC
Turns out I didn’t have a clue
CDG
Before these walls were blue.
verse 2GC
I remember sitting there in that old rocker
DG
3am trying to get you back asleep
GC
When I found myself laughing at you laughing
DG
Wishing the hands of time that I could cheat.
CD
Yeah, I thought that I knew love
GC
Turns out I didn’t have a clue
CDCDG
Before these walls, before these walls were blue.
Bridge EmD
I believe in Heaven, I believe in magic,
CAm
I believe in a life besides these walls
verse 3
Now I believe
GC
In dinosaurs, in toys, trains and baseball
DG
What you’re gonna be for Halloween
GC
I'll be the villain and you will be the hero
DG
And save the day the way that you saved me.
CD
Yeah, I thought I knew myself,
GC
Turns out I didn’t have a clue
CDCD
Before these walls, before these walls
CDG
Before these walls were blue.