Intro
G D G D
G
Maybe you talk too high, man.
D G
Maybe I talk too slow.
D Bm
But you've got to live a little bit faster
E G
'cause you've got a little less time to go.
D G
D G
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
D G
but then you know me very well.
D A/C#
And I can't change the wind
Bm
and make it blow the other way.
Em G D
I'm a fool and I can tell...
E A
... that I'm alive and that's all,
E A
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
E A
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
E A
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
D G
I don't know about the peo ple
A G
that I read about in books.
D G
And the kings and queens around my room
A G
with their quiet and dirty looks.
D G A
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
G
I just can't arrive.
D G
There's a reason for believ ing
D
that I've never been alive.
D G
Alive.
G D G D
G
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
D G
but then you know me very well.
D A/C#
And I can't change the world
Bm
and make it go the other way.
E G D
I'm a fool and I can tell...
E A
... that I'm alive and that's all,
E A
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
E A
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
E A
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
D G
I don't know about the peo ple
A G
that I read about in books.
D G
And the kings and queens around my room
A G
with their quiet and dirty looks.
D G A
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
G
I just can't arrive.
D G
There's a reason for believ ing
D
that I've never been alive.
D G/D
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
A/C# G
I just can't arrive.
D G
There's a reason for believ ing
A7 G
that I've never been alive.
D G D
Alive, alive.