[Intro]
C Em Am

[Verse 1]
C               Em                   Am                   F
Storytime was a special time for the girl on the cul-de-sac
C                     Em
Words she’d hear made worlds appear
        Am                       F
Brought light to the fading black

             C             Em
She’d wish on satellites instead of stars
    Am                  F
To her, they were the same
          C               Em
She wrote poetry from her parents’ car
Am                 F
Oh, it’s such a shame

          C     Em   Am   F
That she left it unread
                       C      Em      Am
All the stories, she left them unsaid


[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Skinned knees, climbing trees
Em                    F
All the dreams that I used to believe (ooo)

Am
Now I stay asleep just to see
Em                 F
The smile of the girl I used to be


[Chorus]
C           F
Where are you
F
Ms. Protagonist?
C              F
It’s not like you
F
To lose yourself like this
C                    Csus4
When are you coming home?
             Am
Or have you outgrown
N.C.
Ms. Protagonist?


[Verse 2]
    C               Em              Am                F
She came of age, ran out of pages, greater expectations
     C             Em
For each new year, she would shed a tear
          Am                  F
No more birthday celebration

            C           Em        Am
Now she’s terrified of growing older
        F
Losing what's left of her youth (what’s left of her youth)
         C                Em          Am
She’d reminisce ‘bout the sound of bliss
   F
Before she knew the truth


[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Blue swings, little things
Em                        F
All the dreams that I want to believe

Am
Now I stay asleep just to feel
 Em                       F
The love of the girl I used to be


[Chorus]
C           F
Where are you
F
Ms. Protagonist?
C              F
It’s not like you
F
To lose yourself like this
C                    Csus4
When are you coming home?
             Am
Or have you outgrown
N.C.
Ms. Protagonist?


[Bridge]
F
Memories fall apart
                       C
We lose ‘em in the dark
C
Where did you go?
C
Where did you go?
C
Where did you go?

F
She wouldn't let herself
                       C
Belong to someone else
                            F                      C
With a love too big to ever fit in someone else’s words