Tom: B
B E A B
B E
Sally played guitar
A B
Down in all the local bars
B E
She dreamed of making it big
A B
But Sally never got that far
G#m F# E
Sally writes songs that nobody hears
A E
But somehow that's ok
G F# E D
All you need to know so far is
E B
Sally played the guitar
B E
Jimmy got good grades
A B
Now he works nights and Saturdays
B E
He always followed the rules
A B
But it turns out that doesn't pay
G#m F# E
Jimmy doesn't know what he's gonna do
A E
But he knows he can't go on this way
G F# E D
And though they may not carry weight
E B
Jimmy got good grades
F# G#m E F# G#m
Will you try to remember or forget?
F# G#m E F# G#m
What if living just hasn't happened yet?
F# G#m E F# G#m
You can wait til forever for a sign
F# G#m E F# G#m
But what if living is just a state of mind?
A E B
Well I don't wanna be left behind
B E A E
B E A E
G#m F# E F#
B
In the limelight
E
Sally takes the stage and
B A
She lets the whole world know
B
She fights her own fights
E
She's not the kind of girl that's
B F#
Afraid to be alone
E B
Cuz Sally when she plays, she plays
G#m F#
And no one else is on the stage
B
Jimmy hides out
E
At the top of the stairs
B A
In his room at night
B
He has adventures
E
When there's nobody there
B F#
He reads by candlelight
E B
And when the sun begins to rise
G#m F#
Jimmy blinks and rubs his eyes
F# G#m E F# G#m
Will you try to remember or forget?
F# G#m E F# G#m
What if living just hasn't happened yet?
F# G#m E F# G#m
You can wait til forever for a sign
F# G#m E F# G#m
But what if living is just a state of mind?
A E B
Well I don't wanna be left behind
B E A E
B E A E
G#m F# E F#
B E
Sally leads the way
G#m
Sally saves the day
F#
Sally goes down swinging
B E
Jimmy plans and schemes
G#m
Jimmy hopes and dreams
F#
Jimmy looks before leaping
G#m E
Sally and Jimmy don't know
B
But one day they're gonna make each other
A F#
Whole
F# G#m
They're always learning the hard way
E
Build it, break it, then
E G#m F#
Burn it down and start again
G#m E
But they're gonna learn some day I bet...
F# G#m E
Will you try to remember or forget?
F# G#m E
What if living just hasn't happened yet?
F# G#m E
You can wait til forever for a sign
F# G#m E
But what if living is just a state of mind?
F# G#m E F# G#m
Will I try to remember or forget?
F# G#m E F# G#m
What if living just hasn't happened yet?
F# G#m E F# G#m
I could wait til forever for a sign
F# G#m E F# G#m
But it turns out living is just a state of mind
A E
And I don't wanna be left
A E
I'm not gonna be left...
B E
Jimmy and Sally will find their finale
G#m E
As people and pieces of my personality
B E B E F#
No one, no one, is gonna be left
B E A E
Behind
B E A E
G#m F# E
G#m F# E
G#m F# E
F#
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