Chords for Sage Francis - The Best Of Times (w/ Lyrics)

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_ _ I spent a long and lonely trip but I'm glad I took it, cause it was well worth it.
Got to read a couple books and do some research before I reached my verdict.
Never thought that I was perfect, always thought that I had a [G#m] purpose.
I used to wonder if I'd live to see my first kiss.
_ [A] The most difficult thing that I did was recite my own words at a service,
realizing the person I was addressing [C#m] probably wasn't looking down from heaven.
[A] Or cooking up something in a hell's kitchen,
trying to listen in or eavesdrop from some other dimension.
It was self-serving just like this is.
_ Conveniently religious on Easter Sunday and on Christmas,
the television went from being a babysitter to a mistress. _
[B] Technology made it easy for us to stay in touch while keeping a distance.
We [B] just stay distant, never touch.
Now all we do is text too much.
[C#m] I don't remember much from my youth, maybe my memory is repressed.
Or I just spent too much time wondering if I'd live to have sex.
Found in love for [A] the first time in fourth grade, but
I didn't have the courage to talk to her.
In eighth grade, I wrote the note and slipped it in somebody else's locker.
Considered killing [E] myself because of that.
It was a big deal.
It was a blown cover.
It was over for me.
My goose was cooked, stick a fork in me.
The jig is up, [G#m] blew my chances.
The rest is history.
[E] Our future was torn asunder.
It [B] became abundantly clear I was only brought here to [B] suffer.
At least I [C#m] didn't include my name.
Thankfully I wrote the whole note in code and
it had ten layers of scotch tape safety seal making it impossible to open.
[A] Plus it was set to self-destruct.
Whoever read it probably died laughing.
I wonder if they lived long enough to realize what [D#] happened.
A year later, I [E] came to understand that wasn't love that I was feeling for her.
I had someone else to obsess over.
I was older.
I was very mature.
[G#m] I forged my time signature while [B] practicing my parents' autograph because I
was failing math, disconnected the [G#m] phone when I thought the teacher would call my
home, [C#m] checked the mailbox twice a day, the end of a long dirt road,
steamed open a couple envelopes like I was [C#] in private detective mode.
If you [A] snoop around long enough for something in particular,
you're guaranteed to find it.
For better or worse, that's how I learned it's best to just keep some things [D#] private.
_ _ [E] Was the best at times.
_ _ _ _ Was the end of [C#m] times. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Was the end of [A] times.
Was the best of times.
Was the end of [E] times.
Best of times.
The end of times.
I was always on deck.
I was next in line.
An only child with a pen and pad writing a list of things I could never [D#] have.
Walls in my house were paper thin.
Heavy [C#m] squabbles seemed to get deafening.
[E] My memory served me correctly and made it a point to avoid and forget some [B] things.
Probably to keep from being embarrassed.
[C#m] Never meant to upset or get briefed.
My [E] parents kept my secrets, hidden my talents in my head.
Never run to the mattress.
Therapy couldn't break me.
Never learned a word that would ensure safety, so I [A] spoke softly.
Then I tiptoed off and the door to my room was like a big old [E] coffin.
The way that it creaked when I closed it shut.
Anxiety's peak when it opened up.
[A] As if everything that I was thinking would be exposed,
I still sleep fully [B] clothed. _
Was the [A] best of times.
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] It was beautiful.
It was brutal.
It [A] was cruel.
It was business as [E] usual.
Heaven.
It was hell.
Used to wonder if I lived to see 12.
When I did, I figured that I was immortal.
Love to dance for good and make it to the formal.
[A] Couldn't bail.
Watching my imaginary girlfriend bust a move with any of the dudes.
[E] Tone low, was talking about a wild thing that was still caught up with some child things.
[A] Scared of a god who couldn't spare to ride.
It was clearly a brimstone of fire things.
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Hyromaniac.
[A] Kleptomaniac.
Couldn't explain my desire to [E] steal that fire.
Now I add it to my rider like, please, oh, please don't kill me.
And I [B] patched the fryer.
It was the [A] best of times.
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It was the end of times.
The school counselor was clueless, cause I never skipped classes.
Perfect dependence.
Imperfect [A] accent.
Speech impediment they could never really fix.
And I fake bad eyesight so I could wear glasses.
Consider doing something that would cripple me.
Wanted a wheelchair.
Wanted a sympathy.
Wanted straight teeth so then gained braces.
Four years of ped gear helped me change [B] faces. _
It was the [A] best of times.
_ _ [E] It was the end of times.
_ _ _ [B] Now I wonder if I lived to see marriage.
[A] Wonder if I lived long enough to have kids.
[E] Wonder if I lived to see my kids have kids.
If I do, I'ma tell them how it is.
Don't listen when they tell you that these are your best years.
Don't let anyone protect your [A] ears.
It's best that you hear what they don't want you to hear.
Better to have pressure from peers than not have fear.
Fear won't give you [E] chest hair.
Spicy food won't make you [A] curl.
When you think you got it all figured out and then everything collapses,
trust me, kids, it's not the end [E] of the world. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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