Chords for The Herd - A Thousand Lives (1000 Lives)

[C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] Yeah, _ [G] a thousand lives and living.
[Dm] _ [F] [G] Uh. _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] I grew up by the great [C] western highway on the train [Dm] lines.
I used to count the carriages [F] and coal trains [G] before I knew a cannonball [Dm] and coal train.
I was [G] playing ball games.
I'd go to sleep on Friday [Am] night, praying [Dm] that it wouldn't rain.
Dad built a b-ball hoop and flew to coop, and us kids fought like troops, and Mom was [G] the truth.
I [Dm] can't believe I threw my sister through [G] the front door.
I learned my lesson well [Am] before the [Dm] triple O call.
And [A] on the tape deck, my brother had control, getting schooled by improper [F] in the cold.
[G] When he falls, plan a lettin' skateboard, [Dm] foggy wet weekends.
Funny how a four [Am]-liter car smith [Dm] can see friends.
Parties at the park and drunk, taggin' state rail.
Smoked through empty cans of coke when [G] all else failed.
While in out a mock-up date, turn it into mock-up night.
Cause school didn't [C] seem to care if we [Dm] were fuck-ups right.
We were blowin' off [Gb] steam, still not even eighteen.
[Dm] Floatin' somewhere downstream [G] with a vague dream.
If [Dm] I could change an hour, maybe [C] I'd move a [G] minute.
However many [C] lives I've had, I'm [Dm] only just beginning.
I learned a [F] few things [C] along the way.
[Bm] Try to keep in front and [Bb] center with me every day.
[Am] All the rest can and will [Bb] fall away.
Hold tight who [A] you love, let [D] the rest fall _
[Am] [G] away.
Don't look back, hoping for the same. _
[F] Cause from where I've come, [C] I've changed.
I don't know how to [Em] explain the hundred lives I've lived [F] _ and more [C] I've craved.
Yeah, the change we've [Dm] made.
In my happy younger days, I [Am] was a blank [Dm] page in an empty book.
I recall that [F] night innocence [G] of childhood.
Never [Dm] really was wild, [F] more of a [G] quiet one.
Grew into a shy teen that [Am] didn't seem to [Dm] smile much.
Took off for South America at seventeen.
Became a sudako, punk in [F] skinny jeans.
[G] There I learned what passion, love and friendship really mean.
Came back to a cold, cold world [Am] that I couldn't [Dm] really feel.
I was not the same.
Disappeared into a purple haze of weed, smoke and drum and bass.
Couldn't [G] seem to find my place.
Then I did at uni, fighting [Am] for causes.
[Gm] We reclaimed streets and [Am] taunted [Dm] police forces.
Had my heart broken [Am] so bad it left my head swimming.
[Dm] Proceeded to take it out on a few [G] good women.
Lived life [F] fast and reckless, trying to outrun the sorrow.
[G] Like there was no tomorrow, but [C] inside [Dm] so hollow.
Then the mic came to save me.
Center stage became a place to vent my rage.
[F] Sipe at any time [G] or move for days.
Stave off cynicism with rhythm.
[Gm] A hundred lives are counting and a hundred to [Am] be written.
A hundred lives are counting and a hundred to [Dm] be written.
I learned a [Am] few things along the way.
[B] Try to keep in front and [Bb] center with me every day.
All [Am] the rest can and will fall [Bb] away.
Hold tight who [A] you love, let the rest fall [D] away.
Let [Am] the rest fall [G] away.
Don't look back, hoping for the same.
_ [F] Cause you're welcome, [C] I've changed.
I don't know how to [G] explain.
The hundred lives I've lived [F] and the more [C] I crave.
Change with [F] me.
And we all slept forever [C] and [Dm] we all endured [C] through fire.
And [Em] I'm ready with [Am] this ball now.
Cause [Ab] I'm rolling, not [Ebm] tied to [D] the_
[C] _ [G] Don't look back, hoping for the same.
_ [F] Cause from where I've come, [C] I've changed.
I [G] don't know how to explain.
The hundred lives I've lived [F] and a thousand more [C] I crave.
Hey, [G] hey, hey, hey.
Don't look back, hoping for the same.
_ [F] Cause from where I've come, [C] I've changed.
I [G] don't know how to explain.
The hundred lives I've lived [F] and a thousand more [C] I crave.
Change with [D] me. _ _