CAdd9 x32030 G#º 456464 CCAdd9 C FGCCAdd9 C FG (Verse)
CF I used to live but now I survive
CFGG#º I used to believe but now it's just one day at a time
AmF The circus is gone, it's all packed away
CG The clown's hat, the makeup's been packed in his case
 (Chorus) 
CCAdd9CFG So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
CCAdd9 CCAdd9G The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
G#º AmAm/G#FGG#º Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
AmGC The stars that we reached for left us with nothing but dawn
 (VERSE)
CF I used to laugh but I've learned to cry
CFGG#º For I ain't too proud to let you see tears fall from these eyes
AmF For all of my hopes, my heartaches and fears
CG For a night I just watched and you walked out of here
 (Chorus)
CCAdd9CFG I just waved goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
CCAdd9CCAdd9G The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
G#º AmAm/G#FGG#º Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
AmG The crown that we reached for left us with nothing
 (BRIDGE)
FG But your thorns left me wounded not unlike the truth
AmAm/GF When innocence sang his last song
Em He'd tell me that it's all gone
FG Just look me in the eyes and say man, nothing at all
C CAdd9C FC CAdd9CCAdd9 F (VERSE)
CF I used to live, now I've learned to die
CGF And I used to dream... I used to dream...
 (Chorus) 
CCAdd9CFG So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
CCAdd9 CCAdd9G The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
G#º AmAm/G#FGG#º Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
AmGC The stars that we reached for left us with nothing but dawn
BbF Oh, yeah...
C Nothing but a heavy hit of heartbreak
BbF A handful of blues..
CBbFC....... Oh, yeah...
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