[Verse 1]
Cm
I’ve been down in the dumps for so long
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I feel like writing a song.
Cm
I want to share with you what I’ve been through,
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Show you the world from my point of view.
[Refrain]
G Cm
Only if you care to listen
G Cm
Only if you give me your ear,
F A#
I’ll tell you anyway how I got
Cm
On my way up.
N.C. Cm
On my way up.
[Interlude]
Cm
[Verse 2]
Cm
I’ve been wanting to go out and get a drink.
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My family told me to go see a shrink.
Cm
My shrink asked me to change the way I think
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And feel and do, about everything.
[Refrain]
G Cm
My shrink says “talk to your family”;
G Cm
Family tells me “go do therapy”.
F A# N.C.
Who do I even talk to?
Cm
I feel so lost.
N.C. Cm
I feel so lost.
[Interlude]
Cm
[Verse 3]
Cm
So now that I know “how to fix my life
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And my relation with my parents and my wife”,
Cm
I’ll tell you I really know
A#
How to be happy, not just for show.
[Refrain]
G Cm
I make plan after plan for myself,
G Cm
Unable to follow through with any of them.
F A# N.C.
Between addiction and depression
Cm
I am still stuck.
N.C. Cm
Oh what the
[Interlude]
Cm
[Verse 4]
Cm
Wallowing in self-pity and madness,
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Fetishizing my own sadness,
Cm
Getting tired of feeling so crappy
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At one point you just choose to be happy.
[Refrain]
G Cm
You just decide to get up and do.
G Cm
Do what needs to be done for you.
G Cm
Like I’ve always told you love is a choice.
G Cm
So is self love and love for your life.
F A# N.C.
Between work and gratitude
Cm
I feel so blessed.
Cm
Wish me the best.
[Outro]
Cm
I’m still depressed,
Cm
But not repressed.
Cm
No more repressed,
Cm
Slightly depressed.
Cm
Wish me the best,
Cm
I feel so blessed.
Dm