Intro
B F# B F#
B
Maybe you talk too high, man.
F# B
Maybe I talk too slow.
F# D#m
But you've got to live a little bit faster
G# B
'cause you've got a little less time to go.
F# B
F# B
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
F# B
but then you know me very well.
F# C#/F
And I can't change the wind
D#m
and make it blow the other way.
G#m B F#
I'm a fool and I can tell...
G# C#
... that I'm alive and that's all,
G# C#
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
G# C#
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
G# C#
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
F# B
I don't know about the peo ple
C# B
that I read about in books.
F# B
And the kings and queens around my room
C# B
with their quiet and dirty looks.
F# B C#
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
B
I just can't arrive.
F# B
There's a reason for believ ing
F#
that I've never been alive.
F# B
Alive.
B F# B F#
B
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
F# B
but then you know me very well.
F# C#/F
And I can't change the world
D#m
and make it go the other way.
G# B F#
I'm a fool and I can tell...
G# C#
... that I'm alive and that's all,
G# C#
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
G# C#
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
G# C#
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
F# B
I don't know about the peo ple
C# B
that I read about in books.
F# B
And the kings and queens around my room
C# B
with their quiet and dirty looks.
F# B C#
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
B
I just can't arrive.
F# B
There's a reason for believ ing
F#
that I've never been alive.
F# B/F#
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
C#/F B
I just can't arrive.
F# B
There's a reason for believ ing
C#7 B
that I've never been alive.
F# B F#
Alive, alive.