Capo 3
G
The group were big for just a year
C
and then the whole thing fell
Am
they had nothing to fall back on
D
they fell pretty hard as you can tell
G C
and now they're cleaning tables in the local bar
Am D
it wasn't all that long ago that they'd be told that they'd go far
G C
She looks down on those who do not look up to her
Am D
she's a head above them all although she'll never be as tall
G C
And everybody loves her they think that she is swell
Am D
But the one true problem is that she knows it all too well
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CHORUS
C Bm Em
Carve out your future no one else will do it for you (x2)
Am C C/B Am D Am
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that
C C/D Am D G
I've got nothing to lose
C Bm Em
Take life by the handlebars and shake shake shake
C Bm Em
It is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
Am C C/B Am D Am
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that
C C/D Am D G
I've got nothing to lose
VERSE 2
He's feeling pretty confident he thinks his future's made
But all of a sudden the adoration could fade
Now he begs the world to like him, and pretend he likes himself
but he's wasted all his years and now he's sitting on the shelf
I can try to avoid it I can push it in the shade
But whether I like it or not there are decisions to be made
I'm really scared a little bridge is all that I will be
They'll tell me I'll be big and then they'll walk all over me
CHORUS
Carve out your future no one else will do it for you (x2)
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got
nothing to lose
Take life by the handlebars and shake shake shake
It is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got
nothing to lose now
BRIDGE
C G Em D/F#
Can I be sure that I've got nothing to lose
C G Em D/F# G
Can I be sure that I won't end up bruised
CHORUS
Take life by the handlebars
Take life by the handlebars and shake shake shake
It is nowhere you will go if it's not progress that you make
I know that it's a hard thing to choose, but I think it's pretty clear that I've got
nothing to lose now
