Tone: [B]
Intro:
[Abm7] [B]
Verse 1:
[Abm7]When I was younger
a couple years back I [B]knew a boy
[Abm7]Knew how to make every one around him laugh
Though he'd [B]never known much joy
'Cause [E]when he was a child he had been abandoned
And he [B]found it hard to trust
that no one else would leave him stranded
It was [E]all [Gb]he'd [Abm]known
Chorus:
[Abm]Everyone's just lookin' for a purpose
[B]Searchin' for someone to tell them how much their worth
[Abm]Followin' lights that always burn out in seconds
[B]Maybe when I'm older it'll [Gb]all make sense
Interlude:
[Abm] [B]
Verse 2:
[Abm]Somewhere along the road
[Abm]Close to seventeen
I met a [B]girl
She [Abm]spent so much time tryin' to be enough
And [B]fighting for approval
'Cause the [Emaj7]boy that she liked said she had to be thinner
And her [B]mother agreed
So she [Abm]kept skippin' dinner and she [Emaj7]stuck [Gb]it [Abm]out
I hope she [E]made [Gb]it [Abm]out [Gb]
Chorus:
[Abm]Everyone's just lookin' for a purpose
[B]Searchin' for someone to tell them how much their worth
[Abm]Followin' lights that always burn out in seconds
[B]Maybe when I'm older it'll [Gb]all make sense
[Abm]Maybe when I'm older it'll all make sense
[B]Maybe when I'm older it'll all make sense
[Ebm]Maybe when I'm older it'll all make sense[E]sense
Verse 3:
[Abm]Everyone's just lookin' for a purpose
[B]Numbers on a screen that tell you how much you're worth
You hit the [Abm]bottom of the bottle
[Abm]Don't you feel so accomplished
The [B]money that you stole will burn a hole in your pocket
[Abm]Another politician makes an empty promise
'Til the [E]internet gets made
[E]Then forgets all about it
In a [B]month we'll circle back and realize nothin' happened
Twenty [Ebm]years of this
[Ebm]I'm lucky that the world doesn't end
Before I [E]have a chance to screw it up and learn my lesson
[Gb]California's burnin' and the schools are next
I'm readin' [Abm]books to fight the sadness and escape the present
[Ebm]Maybe when I'm older it'll all make sense
Solo:
[E] [Gb] [Abm] [Ebm]
Outro:
[Abm]I've known a girl for all of twenty years she hates gro[B]growing up
So [Abm]she started writing to expel all the thoughts that told her
[B]She'd never be enough
[E]People start to [Gb]listen even [Abm]though she has doubts
[Abm]She got a hundred thousand questions
But she'[Gb]she'll figure it [Db]out
[E]Even[Gb]Eventual[Abm]tually [B]