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