Owl City – Firebird (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Verses are played with mostly downward strums, chorus switches to more of a DDUUD pattern. A E B C#m [Verse 1]
A          E        B                       A   E   B
We used to talk all night and not say a word

A            E      B                       A   E   B
When I would hop into your red Firebird

A          E             B                       A   E    B
And, man alive, we would drive just to drive around ,      town

A               E     B                       A   E
'Cause in your car we understood and figured out

     B
That everything changes
Everything changes [Bridge] (A and E are played as two quick downward strums) A E B
A   E   B
        Everything changes
A E B A E B [Chorus]
A                  E                     B
Tell me why I look back and I wanna cry

             C#m               B
Sometimes I feel like we grew up too fast

A                  E                        B
You and I had the time of our younger lives

              C#m            B
Sometimes I sigh and think about the past

A                         B
But it's alright, cause everything changes
A E B A E B [Verse 2]
A          E      B                             A   E   B
A basement full of boys building homemade bombs

A    E      B                              A   E   B
AJ cut his finger and said, go get your mom

A         E                B                      A   E   B
I saw it all through the windshield of my white truck,    Troy

A      E          B                       A   E
Lotsa ups, lotsa downs, lots of growing up

        B                   A   E  B
'Cause everything changes

 A   E   B
          Everything changes
A E B A E B [Chorus]
A                  E                     B
Tell me why I look back and I wanna cry

             C#m               B
Sometimes I feel like we grew up too fast

A                  E                        B
You and I had the time of our younger lives

              C#m            B
Sometimes I sigh and think about the past

A                         B
But it's alright, cause everything changes
[Bridge]
C#M             A
Hey Billy, remember when

E            B
It was just us (it was just us)

C#M                  A
Pretending we were Nash and Coral

E                 B
On the school bus

            A                        B             A   E   B
I wouldn't change a thing, 'cause everything changes

 A        E          B
(Changes, changes, changes)
[Verse 3]
A          E      B                             A   E   B
Life is different now and that's okay with me

A          E      B                             A   E   B
I moved away and you started a family

A          E           B                 A    E   B
But deep inside you and I are still the same,     kids

A                E           B
'Cause you're my brother and that won't ever change

A     E      B
Even though everything changes
[Chorus]
A                  E                     B
Tell me why I look back and I wanna cry

             C#m               B
Sometimes I feel like we grew up too fast

A                  E                        B
You and I had the time of our younger lives

              C#m            B
Sometimes I sigh and think about the past

A                         B
But it's alright, yeah it's alright
[Post-Chorus]
 A                  E                     B
There's a new guest room in my parents' home

                 C#m             B
The carpet got replaced a couple years ago

 A                E                     B
Because it isn't my bedroom anymore

                C#m             B
There's new photographs on the freezer door

            A             B
But it's alright, 'cause everything changes
(Everything changes) A E B A E B [Outro]
A          E         B                      A    E
We should talk all night and not say a word

        B
('Cause everything changes)

A       E     B                  A   E   B
Let me hop into your red Firebird,       again
Thanks for reading, happy playing!