Handlebars

	  		
 

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 




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 


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