G D G D D A A G
G D G D D A A G D Bm
[Verse 1]
Bm D
Astride the divide
Bm Em
Between childhood and lies
C A7sus4
Mischaracterised
G D G F#m Em D
Romantic in retrospect
[Verse 2]
Bm D
Twenty surrogate sons
Bm Em7
A hundred ten in the summertime
C A7sus4
All I knew about life
G D G F#m Em D
Was a handful of water
[Chorus]
G D G D
Forgetting the line between action and consequence
D A G
Parsing my place between fate and happenstance
D G D
After a love in which I was so shameless
A G
Nineteen and aimless, nineteen and aimless
[Verse 3]
Bm D
Trip down the stairs
Bm Em7
It's not sneaking when no one cares
C A7sus4
Counting on Claire
G D G F#m Em D
And basking in misery
[Chorus]
G D G D
Forgetting the line between action and consequence
D A G
Parsing my place between fate and happenstance
D G D
After a love in which I was so shameless
A G
Nineteen and aimless, nineteen and aimless
[Bridge]
C Dsus2 D
Come with me
C Dsus2 D
Bathe in memory
Em Em7 Bm7
I didn't know who to be
A#maj7 A7sus4
But I knew I wasn't blameless
[Chorus]
G D G D
Forgetting the line between action and consequence
A G
Parsing my place between fate and happenstance
D G D
After a love in which I was so shameless
A G
Nineteen and aimless, nineteen and aimless
[Outro]
G D G D
Before wine became a close acquaintance
D A G
Before my college bands tried to get famous
D G D
But after a love in which I was so shameless
A G
Nineteen and aimless, nineteen and aimless