Intro
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A#
Maybe you talk too high, man.
F A#
Maybe I talk too slow.
F Dm
But you've got to live a little bit faster
G A#
'cause you've got a little less time to go.
F A#
F A#
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
F A#
but then you know me very well.
F C/E
And I can't change the wind
Dm
and make it blow the other way.
Gm A# 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 A#
I don't know about the peo ple
C A#
that I read about in books.
F A#
And the kings and queens around my room
C A#
with their quiet and dirty looks.
F A# C
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
A#
I just can't arrive.
F A#
There's a reason for believ ing
F
that I've never been alive.
F A#
Alive.
A# F A# F
A#
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
F A#
but then you know me very well.
F C/E
And I can't change the world
Dm
and make it go the other way.
G A# 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 A#
I don't know about the peo ple
C A#
that I read about in books.
F A#
And the kings and queens around my room
C A#
with their quiet and dirty looks.
F A# C
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
A#
I just can't arrive.
F A#
There's a reason for believ ing
F
that I've never been alive.
F A#/F
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
C/E A#
I just can't arrive.
F A#
There's a reason for believ ing
C7 A#
that I've never been alive.
F A# F
Alive, alive.