Fmaj7  C 
                The battle is over. 
Fmaj7  C 
                Here we all lie 
Fmaj7   Am 
                 In a dry sea of Solo cups 
Fmaj7   G 
               With the sun in our eyes. 
Fmaj7   C 
              But it's one of those endings 
Fmaj7   C                                                                           Am   D  
              Where no one claps 'cause they're sure that there's mo-re. 
D/F#              G             F              Em          Dm           C 
   What a great way to start the first day of the rest of my life. 


Fmaj7   C 
              I guess the show's going on. 
Fmaj7   Am 
                 So we pick up the pieces 
Fmaj7   G 
              We dropped for a song 
Dm      C 
             And an ear-splitting headache 
Fmaj7   C                                                                            Am   D 
              That makes it hard to figure out which puzzle they're f-or.     
              F                                   G# 
But I can leave this part out of the story I write. 
                     G                     F                Em          Dm          Fm       Bb6 
And there are worse ways to start the first day of the rest of my life. 


Fm                                      Bb6 
Roommates, friends, lovers - quiet. 

I'm coming to. 
                          Fm                     Bb6 
I'm turning myself in-to some-thing a little less promising, 
                    F 
A little mo-re useful. 


       (F) 
The battle is over. 
F  Em  Dm  C                                                     Am   D 
                     We lost, but we'll live to call off the war. 
               Am                                  D 
Don't that ceiling look high from the floor? 
           F                                  G# 
Don't it hurt just to move  As we shrink from the light? 
        Bb                              Dm               C 
As it pierces our bodies and thaws out our hearts. 
            G/B               Am            G             Fmaj7     Fm 
What a great way to start the first day of the rest of  
                      C 
The rest of my life. 

Fmaj7  C/E  Dm  C