CAPO: 3rd Fret INTRO: F G C (2x) F G C The first part of every day for me is good F G C I've got the bus stop in my neighbourhood Em F C And everything's on purpose, everywhere they go Em F G Hiding in my car and running in the snow C Em Am G Running with the friends they'll know for years F C Csus4/F C I've seen it all from here, from here G F C Happens every day, before they go to school G F C They play until the bus drives up beside my lawn G F C And there's always been a mother who waits 'til they are gone Am Then she turns away C Cm Happens every day F G C Noon comes and turns this campus upside down F G C I watch the students in this college town Em F C You would think they're carefree, I have seen their trials Em F G Frowning into Shakespeare and practicing their smiles C Em Am G Even underlining Nabokov F C Csus4/F C When I am not in love, in love G F C It happens every day, with their journals in cafes G F C Looking up at their reflection on the other wall G F C With every new idea wondering if they've changed at all Am And then they look away C Cm Happens every day F G C Well, life is as hard and as easy as they say F G C Walking the steps we've chosen on this day Em F C Some will be outrageous, some have rarely shown Em F G Some will walk in couples, some will walk alone C Em Am G As I think about the world I see F C Csus4/FC They stare and smile at me, at me G F C It happens every day at the crossing of the street G F C Walking out to see what's new and what is just the same G F C And the only word for love is everybody's name Am And that will always stay Em Happens every day F G Am FGCC And every day will happen without you