A
That's how it starts
                   D
We go back to your house
              A
You check the charts
                    D
And start to figure it out
                            A
And if it's crowded, all the better
                                  D
Because we know we're gonna be up late
                                A
But if you're worried about the weather
                                   D
Then you picked the wrong place to stay
               A
That's how it starts.......

           A
And so it starts
                    D
You switch the engine on
            A
We set controls for the heart of the sun
                           D
one of the ways we show our age
           A
And if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up, if the sun comes up
                                D
And I still don't wanna stagger home
              A
Then it's the memory of our betters
                           D
That are keeping us on our feet

                  A
You spent the first 5 years trying to get with the plan
                                                        D
And the next 5 years trying to be with your friends again
                A
You're talking 45 turns just as fast as you can
                                                      D
Yeah, I know it gets tired, but it's better when we pretend

          A
It comes apart
                        D
The way it does in bad films
           A
Except the part
                      D
Where the moral kicks in
                                     A
And when we're running out of the drugs
                                D
And the conversation's grinding away
                              A
I wouldn't trade one stupid decision
                          D
For another five years of life

                 A
Oh, you drop the first 10 years just as fast as you can
                                             D
And the next ten people who are trying to be polite
                    A
When you're blowing 85 days in the middle of France
                                                       D
Yeah, I know it gets tired only where are your friends tonight?

                A
And to tell the truth
                      D
Oh, this could be the last time
           A
So here we go
                            D
Like a sales force into the night
         A
And if I made a fool, if I made a fool, if I made a fool
                            D
on the road, there's always this
                          A
And if I'm sewn into submission
                          D
I can still come home to this

           A
And with a face like a dad and a laughable stand
                                              D
You can sleep on the plane or review what you said
            A
When you're drunk and the kids leave impossible tasks
                                            D
You think over and over, "hey, I'm finally dead."

           A
Oh, if the trip and the plan come apart in your hand
                                              D
You can turn it on yourself you ridiculous clown
         A
You forgot what you meant when you read what you said
                                                                    D
And you always knew you were tired, but then where are your friends tonight?
                        
                         A
Where are your friends tonight?
                         D
Where are your friends tonight?
            A
If I could see all my friends tonight
            
If I could see all my friends tonight
            D
If I could see all my friends tonight
                                
If I could see all my friends tonight