(Verse 1)

C                           G
I smoked my last cigarette, I drank my last drop
Am                          F 
Quit doing all the things I swore I'd never stop
C                       G
I changed my direction, I sang a different tune
Am                                   F     
Gave up all those childish ways that made me old too soon
Dm                                 G
Things were going good there for a while
  F                   G               C               Am
I tried to straighten out the crooked road that I was on
       C                           G               C 
It was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long


(Verse 2)

  C                                  G
I used to play down on Broadway, the same song every night
Am                      F
Singing for the tip jar underneath the neon light
      C                                G
Had a good time with the women and the compliments were free
  Am                                      F
I dreamed of something bigger but it just wasn't meant to be
Dm                          G
But I was happy there for a while
     F      G              C              Am
Just like a desperado out searching for a song
       C                           G               C
It was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long


(Bridge)

G
Nothing lasts forever
F                    C   
Time knows that it's true
    Am  
But sometimes a little while 
       G
Is the best that we can do


(Verse 3)

    C                            G
You ended up beside me like some long forgotten dream
    Am                                F
You took my hand and showed me colors I had never seen
C                     G
We both said forever, forever till the end
    Am                                 F
But forever's something different to a lover and a friend
   Dm                                G
We thought we had it all there for a while
    F                  G                 C                Am
Just lIke that perfect moment 'tween the darkness and the dawn
       C                           G               C
It was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long


(Outro)

F               G                  C 
One thing I can tell you from this life that's come and gone
       C                           G               Am
It was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long
       C                           G               C 
It was good while it lasted but it didn't last too long