Capo 1 fret

 
[Verse 1]
G
The traffic light
 
Waits for you to tell me the
                    Em
tale of a shattered life, tonight
 
And I just passed by when you have
                  D
had the chance to fight
 
Or would you spend your last days alone
 
Thinkin nobody would have cared
   C
Or known just look me in the eye and see that its a light
          D       G (leads into chorus)
So you're telling me,
 
[Chorus]
                         D
This is how you're going down
                                      Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
                              G
Well you are way off track to think like that
    D                  C
Coz now you have taken back, 
                         Em
everything that you ever said
                                  D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
     C
Well this is what I, what I left behind
 
G                Em
    What I left behind, what I left behind
 
[Verse 2]
G
Need a change
                                       Em
In a minute of my time did I get your name?
 
Well you say, that I haven't been
                          D
asked that in years now I think, 
 
the traffic light that stood in the way
                                   C
So that I can hear what you had to say
 
Im half way through your story
                               D         G
Cant help thinking that you're just like me
 
 
[Chorus]
                         D
This is how you're going down
                                      Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
                              G
Well you are way off track to think like that
    D                  C
Coz now you have taken back, 
                         Em
everything that you ever said
                                  D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
     C                           Am
Well this is what I, what I left behind
 
 
                    C
Forgetting about ourselves
                     Em
Is like history that dust is covering 
                   D       C
left on the shelf, on the shelf
                        D (single strum)
The crosswalks make the way for us to say what we need to say
 
 
[Chorus]
G                              D
Yeah, this is how you're going down
                                      Em
You thought that I never really wanted you around
                              G
Well you are way off track to think like that
    D                  C
Coz now you have taken back, 
                         Em
everything that you ever said
                                  D
Bout how Id never want to see you again
     C                            Em
Well this is what I, what I left behind 
                  (So your telling me)
 
(This is how you're going down)
 C
This is what I, what I left behind