[Intro] Eb  Eb/G  Ab  Cm  Bb

[Primeira Parte]

Eb/G           Ab                 Cm
Lookin' in the mirror and you don't
         Bb
Look the same
Eb/G            Ab            Cm
Girls from your past getting new last
Bb
Names
Eb/G        Ab                Cm
High school friends burning out like
  Bb             Eb/G  Ab
Their cigarettes
                  Cm          Bb
Guess that's what happens the older you
     Eb/G  Ab  Cm  Bb
 Get
Eb/G              Ab              Cm
Start to wish you could've been sixteen
    Bb
 Forever
           Eb/G               Ab
'Cause you know your favorite band
           Cm         Bb
Ain't getting back together
        Eb/G             Ab
And the nights you don't remember are
     Cm        Bb
The nights that you'll never forget
 Eb/G  Ab
                  Cm          Bb
Guess that's what happens the older you
     Eb/G  Ab  Cm  Bb  Eb/G  Ab  Cm  Bb
 Get

[Refrão]

Cm Ab Eb              Bb          Eb/G
Oh,   that's just the way that it goеs
Ab  Cm Bb
    Oh-oh
    Cm Ab Eb              Bb
And oh,   that's just the way that it
Eb/G Ab  Cm Bb
Goеs,    oh-oh

[Segunda Parte]

Eb/G         Ab             Cm
Life's goin' good but you wonder what's
 Bb
 After
       Eb/G         Ab         Cm
'Cause dad's moving slower and time's
       Bb
Moving faster
    Eb/G         Ab              Cm
You hug a little tighter and you say
          Bb              Eb/G Ab
The things you never said
                  Cm       Bb
Guess that's what happens
              Eb/G        Ab
Sometimes the cancer goes away and
Cm           Bb
Sometimes it don't
       Eb/G            Ab
So now when your momma calls you always
 Cm          Bb
 Pick up the phone
        Cm            Bb/D
And you talk a little longer 'cause
   Eb    Fm            Cm  Bb
Tomorrow is not a sure bet
Eb/G Ab
Oh,  oh

[Refrão]

Cm Ab Eb              Bb          Eb/G
Oh,   that's just the way that it goеs
Ab  Cm Bb
    Oh-oh
    Cm Ab Eb              Bb
And oh,   that's just the way that it
Eb/G Ab  Cm Bb
Goеs,    oh-oh

( Cm  Ab  Eb  Bb  Eb/G  Ab )

                    Cm         Bb 
Guess that's what happens the older
   Cm  Ab  Eb  Bb  Eb/G  Ab  Bb
You get

[Ponte]

    Eb/G           Ab        Cm
The house you grew up in is now gettin'
 Bb
 Sold
      Eb/G        Ab              Cm
And a box full of memories is worth
          Bb
More than gold
    Eb/G            Ab       Cm
You close your eyes one last time in
     Bb            Eb/G  Ab
Your childhood bed
                  Cm            Bb
Guess that's what happens, what happens
 Oh
Eb/G       Ab         Cm        Bb
Home was a place, now home is a person
           Eb/G       Ab
And you're lookin' at rings 'cause you
Cm                Bb
Swear that you're certain
        Cm               Bb/D
And the best day of your life becomes
    Eb       Fm             Cm  Bb
The day that the two of you met
                  Eb/G        Ab
Guess that's what happens the older you
 Get

[Refrão]

Cm Ab Eb              Bb          Eb/G
Oh,   that's just the way that it goеs
Ab  Cm Bb
    Oh-oh
    Cm Ab Eb              Bb
And oh,   that's just the way that it
Eb/G Ab  Cm Bb
Goеs,    oh-oh
    Cm Ab Eb              Bb
And oh,   that's just the way that it
Eb/G Ab  Cm Bb
Goеs,    oh-oh
    Cm Ab Eb              Bb
And oh,   that's just the way that it
Eb/G Ab Bb
Goеs