C

[Verse]
   Am
I see guys at night drinking in bars

Talking to girls and driving cars
C
They heard about this place from a magazine

One of their best friends has been
     F
They all laugh and joke like there’s nothing wrong
      Dm                                C
Like they are right where they belong

Am
 She met a guy, they went on a date

 She liked him, but it was getting late
C
 He called again, but she let it ring

 She needs a little more time to think
F
 She reads the paper on the train
Dm
 A guy stares the entire way

C F C

[Verse]
Am
 He got a job right out of school

 His place is small, but it has a pool
C
 It’s just a couple of stops away

 He feels a sadness that he can’t explain
F
 It’s hard for him to have fun
Dm
 His mother died when he was young

[Chorus]
             C
Yesterday I had a life (I had a life)

I had a home (I had a home)
   C
I wore a smile (I wore a smile)

To sell my soul (to sell my soul)
    Am
My tie was blue (my tie was blue)

And my shirt was white (my shirt was white)
        Am
So why can’t I figure out

How to feel alright?
    F
I know this could be mine again
                       Dm
If you would just tell me what I need to change

[Solo]
Am Am C C  2x
F D

[Bridge]
      C
I’ve seen enough (I've seen enough)

I’ll never go back (I'll never go back)
      C
I’ll never get my life (get my life)

Back on track (back on track)
     Am
They all say so much (say so much)

But say nothing at all (nothing at all)
     Am
The world is so big and I feel so fucking small
     F
And then I think to myself and sigh
         Dm
How can you really give up

When you never tried?

[Verse]
 Am
One day I called in sick, but I was right outside

I just sat down on a bench and cried
C
I saw this child playing in the street

His whole life right there under his feet
             F
I knew that what you do, that’s all there is
            Dm
But then I went upstairs and sat down at my desk

[Interlude]
C    4x

   C
I don’t fit in, but I don’t feel bad
           C
You can’t miss a feeling that you never had
       C
I know it’s a sham, but it seemed so real
      C
And what I had to be, isn’t who I am

You see
     C
The man I see (man I see)

He would never dream (never dream)
        C
I just took the life (took the life)

They handed me (handed me)
                 Am
I remember this like it was (like it was)

Yesterday (yesterday)
       Am
Even though it now seems (now it seems)

So far away (far away)
F
I’ve learned much more than he’ll ever know
     Dm
So what do we do now, and where do we go?