G D C When I was young I was the nicest guy I knew G F C I thought I was the chosen one G D C But time went by and I found out a thing or two G F C My shine wore off as time wore on G D C I thought that I was living out the perfect life G F C But in the lonely hours when the truth begins to bite G D C I thought about the times when I turned my back and sulked G F C I ainʼt no nice guy after all G D C When I was young I was the only game in town G F C I thought I had it down for sure, G D C But time went by and I was lost in what I found G F C The reasons blurred, the way unsure G D C I thought that I was living life the only way G F C But as I saw that life was more than day to day G D C I turned around, I read the writing on the wall G F C I ainʼt no nice guy after all G F G I ainʼt no nice guy after all E A In all the years you spend between your birth and death E A You know thereʼs lots of times when you should have saved your breath D G It comes as quite a shock when that trip leads to a fall F C I ainʼt no nice guy after all G F G I ainʼt no nice guy after all E A E A D G C G F G G F C G I ainʼt no nice guy after all