D D/F# Bm A

[Verse 1]
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  Make amends with that old friend you swore you'd never never talk to again
D                      D/F# Bm A
  Because you miss him
     D                    D/F#              Bm                            A
Call up your momma on the telephone, talk a whole lot of nothing 'til the cows come home
D            D/F# Bm A
  And listen

[Pre-Chorus]
      D             D/F#                 Bm                    A
Cross every T, dot most the I's, 'cause years grow wings and fly on by
    D                        D/F#              Bm   A
And time slips through your fingers just like sand

[Chorus]
            D           D/F#         Bm        A
'Cause everything you thought would last forever
       D          D/F#           Bm    A
Never lasts forever, like you planned
       D        D/F#  Bm        A
Don't let your now become a never
   D          D/F#       Bm     A          D   D/F# Bm A
So take life by the hands while you still can

[Verse 2]
         D                 D/F#              Bm                 A
Get your dad to tell that same old joke, and laugh between the Jack and Coke
     D               D/F#                Bm A
And hope one day you'll be half as funny

[Pre-Chorus]
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  Count your blessings, ain't the stars, 'cause in the end who you are
    D                  D/F#            Bm                    A
Is about the love you give, it sure as hell ain't about the money

[Chorus]
            D           D/F#         Bm        A
'Cause everything you thought would last forever
       D          D/F#           Bm    A
Never lasts forever, like you planned
       D        D/F#  Bm        A
Don't let your now become a never
   D          D/F#       Bm     A          Am
So take life by the hands while you still can

[Bridge]

You just imagine
D              D/F#   Bm      G          C                Em   F C E
  Anything can happen if you live every moment like your last

[Interlude x3]
C C/G Am G

E Asus2 C#m B

[Chorus]
            E         Asus           C#m       B
'Cause everything you thought would last forever
       E          Asus2          C#m   B
Never lasts forever, like you planned
      E         Asus2 C#m       B
Don't let your now become a never
   E          Asus2      C#m    B          E   Asus2 C#m B
So take life by the hands while you still can

[Outro x7]
E Asus2 C#m B