[Primeira Parte]

         Ab
Remember when, when it was 1992
Fm
Two little kids stealing records, skipping school
Cm
We must have been like only ten
Eb
Taking life for granted till we learn it had an end
         Ab
Remember when, and time is something they say
Fm
You never appreciate till you age
Cm
And to this day you never knew
Eb
I wanted to be just like you

[Refrão]

     Cm Fm Ab   Bb          Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm          Eb   Ab
Then what I know now
     Cm Fm Ab   Bb          Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm          Eb   Ab
Then what I know now

[Segunda Parte]

         Ab
Remember when, when it was 2002
Fm
You started slinging coke

And had the dopest pair of shoes
Cm
But, yo, this house just ain't a home
          Eb
Since our father hit the bottle

And our mother hit the road
Ab
And time is something they say
Fm
You never understand until it slips away
Cm
And looking back I think you knew
Eb
I wanted to be just like you

[Refrão]

     Cm Fm Ab   Bb          Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm          Eb   Ab
Then what I know now
     Cm Fm Ab   Bb          Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm          Eb   Ab
Then what I know now

            Cm           Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
       Eb           Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
         Cm         Fm             Eb  Ab
And it's better me, better me than you
            Cm           Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
       Eb           Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
         Cm         Fm             Eb  Ab
And it's better me, better me than you

[Ponte]

                   Ab
Slipping and we're falling
                                   Fm
Slipping and we're falling through ice
G                  Cm
Slipping and we're falling
                                      Eb
Don't know where we're going with our lives

[Refrão]

     Cm Fm Ab   Bb          Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm          Eb   Ab
Then what I know now
     Cm Fm Ab   Bb          Cm
If I only knew, then what I know now
Fm          Eb   Ab
Then what I know now

            Cm           Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
       Eb           Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
         Cm         Fm             Eb  Ab
And it's better me, better me than you
            Cm           Fm
And now I'm tired of the violence
       Eb           Ab
I'm so tired of the silence
         Cm         Fm             Eb  Ab
And it's better me, better me than you

[Final]

         Ab
Remember when
                   Ab
Slipping and we're falling
                                   Fm
Slipping and we're falling through ice
G                  Cm
Slipping and we're falling
                                      Eb
Don't know where we're going with our lives
                   Ab
Slipping and we're falling
                                   Fm
Slipping and we're falling through ice