[Verse 1] Eb Gm When we were young and always looking up Ab Eb And passing out up in the parking lot Bb Cm Those were the nights but now they’ve come and gone Ab Bb My dear, My dear [Verse 2] Eb Gm It’s two AM before the after glow Ab Eb And all those nights just seem so long ago Bb Cm Hanging my hands up on the stereo Ab Bb Nowhere, Nowhere Pre chorus 1 Eb Cm Gm My heart plays the song of my lost years Ab Eb My scars are a church for my old fears Bb Cm My body’s a wreak but I don’t care Ab I swear [Chorus 1] Eb Gm So say a prayer got to lift me up Ab Eb Goddamn when you’re young in America Bb I don’t want to let you down Cm Luck will come around Ab Bb We can get a ticket out somehow Eb That’s all I am Gm Ab Eb That’s all I ever was Bb Cm So say a prayer got to lift me up Ab Goddamn Goddamn Goddamn [Verse 3] Eb Gm When we were young and full of bad decisions Ab Eb And MTV was on your television Bb Cm And all we had was our bland ambition Ab Bb Ahead Ahead [Verse 4] Eb Gm You’re waiting tables up at Emerald Heights Ab Eb I play the steamboat every Friday night Bb Cm Two kids from nothing guess we did all right Ab Bb My dear my dear Pre chorus 2 Eb Cm Gm My heart plays the song of my lost years Ab Eb My scars are a church for my old fears Bb Cm My body’s a wreak but I don’t care Ab I swear [Chorus 2] Eb Gm So say a prayer got to lift me up Ab Eb Goddamn when you’re young in America Bb I don’t want to let you down Cm Luck will come around Ab Bb We can get a ticket out somehow Eb That’s all I am Gm Ab Eb That’s all I ever was Bb Cm So say a prayer got to lift me up Ab Goddamn Goddamn Goddamn [Bridge] Ab Eb When I still hear you singing G Ab On the old tape deck tonight Ab Eb And I don’t think I’ll be sleeping Gm Ab Cause I just can’t close my eyes Ab Eb Ab Eb But I’ll close my eyes [Chorus 3] Eb Gm So say a prayer got to lift me up Ab Eb Goddamn when you’re young in America Bb I don’t want to let you down Cm Luck will come around Ab Bb We can get a ticket out somehow Eb That’s all I am Gm Ab Eb That’s all I ever was Bb Cm So say a prayer got to lift me up Ab Goddamn Goddamn Goddamn