(Tune down 1/2 step)
   B2  G  D2  A2 (x4)
            B2
              When we were young the future was so bright
            G
              The old neighborhood was so alive
            D2
              And every kid on the whole damn street
            A2
              Was gonna make it big and not be beat

              Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
              The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn
              How can one little street
              Swallow so many lives

                                                  B2                         G
                                   Chances thrown, nothing's free
                                                 D2                        A2
                                   Longing for what used to be
                                   Still it's hard, hard to see
                                   Fragile lives, shattered dreams
                                                                                        B2 G D2 A2 (x2)

              Jamie had a chance, well she really did
              Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
              Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
              He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

              Jay committed suicide
              Brandon OD'd and died
              What the hell is going on?
              The cruelest dream, reality

                                   Chances thrown, nothing's free
                                   Longing for what used to be
                                   Still it's hard, hard to see
                                   Fragile lives, shattered dreams
                                                       *Solo*    B2  G  D2  A2 (x2)

                                   Chances thrown, nothing's free
                                   Longing for what used to be
                                   Still it's hard, hard to see
                                               D2                       A2        B2
                                   Fragile lives, shattered dreams...