[Intro]
C  CAdd9 C F  G
C  CAdd9 C F  G
 
[Verse]
C                        F
I used to live but now I survive
C                                   F            G  G#º
I used to believe but now it's just one day at a time
Am                       F
The circus is gone, it's all packed away
    C                              G
The clown's hat, the makeup's been packed in his case
 
[Chorus]
C         CAdd9  C         F         G
So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
C                CAdd9 C               CAdd9        G
The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
G#º          Am    Am/Ab        F         G  G#º
Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
   Am                         G                       C
The stars that we reached for left us with nothing but dawn
 
[VERSE]
C                                   F
I used to laugh but I've learned to cry
C                                    F                     G  G#º
For I ain't too proud to let you see tears fall from these eyes
Am                    F
For all of my hopes, my heartaches and fears
      C                            G
For a night I just watched and you walked out of here
 
[Chorus]
      C     CAdd9  C         F         G
I just waved goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
    C           CAdd9   C          CAdd9             G
The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
G#º          Am    Am/Ab       F         G   G#º
Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
    Am            G
The crown that we reached for left us with nothing
 
[BRIDGE]
        F                           G
But your thorns left me wounded not unlike the truth
      Am       Am/G          F
When innocence sang his last song
                           Em
He'd tell me that it's all gone
     F                       G
Just look me in the eyes and say man, nothing at all
 
[Solo]
C CAdd9  C F
C CAdd9  C  CAdd9 F
 
[VERSE]
C                                   F
I used to live, now I've learned to die
   C                   G       F
And I used to dream... I used to dream...
 
[Chorus]
C         CAdd9  C         F         G
So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
C                CAdd9 C               CAdd9        G
The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
G#º          Am    Am/Ab        F         G  G#º
Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
   Am                         G                       C
The stars that we reached for left us with nothing but dawn
    Bb  F
Oh, yeah...
       C
Nothing but a heavy hit of heartbreak
Bb          F
A handful of blues..
C      Bb  F  C.......
Oh, yeah...