Did My Best
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[Intro ]E C#m E C#m
B B B B E
C#m E
Let me tell you a story
C#m B B B B
About the hazy good old days
E
A Change in the game
C#m
Rules are for kids
E C#m
Wanted to play but now I'm on the sidelines
B B
Watching everyone having so much fun
B B
Never let them know you'€™re angrier than them
E
Nobody cares
C#m
About the days of old
E C#m
Take a quick picture then you run home
B
Call my friends
B
No one picks up
B B
I guess I'€™m going out all alone again
E C#m
It'€™s time to grow up, but I don't wanna calm down
E C#m
Everything happens for a reason somehow
B B B B
I know that's not true, a meaningless jest the same common purpose that I love but might not
E C#m
Trust no more
E C#m B B B
Oh mama how I miss those days
B7 E C#m
Watch them stream away, I wave
E C#m B
But they don't wave back at me
B B B7 E C#m
Guess they're just afraid, that they might get seen
E C#m B
Maybe afraid of what they wanna be
B B B7
Some old freak like me
Solo E C#m E C#m B B B B
E C#m
It all makes sense, prisoners of earth
E C#m
Listen to the stories from before your birth
B
Training for the game
B
Kiss him in the rain
B B
Everything about it is so fucking insane
E
It's been a long time
C#m
Never lost touch
E C#m
Here comes an old witch with a poison apple
B
Bring it to me
B
I'€™ll take a bite
B B
Every last piece until I lose the light
Solo E C#m E C#m
B B B B
A C#m
I can only change what I can change
A C#m
I can only change what I can change
G#m G#m7
Meet me at the bottom
A C#m
I can only change what I can change
A C#m
I can only change what I can change
G#m G#m7
Meet at the bottom
F#m
The lost years
( E C#m E C#m )
( B B B B E C#m )
E C#m B B B
I never think about those days everyone's talking about
B E
They were the best
C#m
I guess
E C#m B
You say you like the way I dress
B B B
But It gets me beat up
E C#m
And now you see
E C#m B
That was the story of my youth
B B
I hope it makes sense to you
B7 E
Cause it doesn't make sense to me
How to play Did My Best
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.