Intro
D A D A
D
Maybe you talk too high, man.
A D
Maybe I talk too slow.
A F#m
But you've got to live a little bit faster
B D
'cause you've got a little less time to go.
A D
A D
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
A D
but then you know me very well.
A E/G#
And I can't change the wind
F#m
and make it blow the other way.
Bm D A
I'm a fool and I can tell...
B E
... that I'm alive and that's all,
B E
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
B E
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
B E
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
A D
I don't know about the peo ple
E D
that I read about in books.
A D
And the kings and queens around my room
E D
with their quiet and dirty looks.
A D E
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
D
I just can't arrive.
A D
There's a reason for believ ing
A
that I've never been alive.
A D
Alive.
D A D A
D
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
A D
but then you know me very well.
A E/G#
And I can't change the world
F#m
and make it go the other way.
B D A
I'm a fool and I can tell...
B E
... that I'm alive and that's all,
B E
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
B E
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
B E
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
A D
I don't know about the peo ple
E D
that I read about in books.
A D
And the kings and queens around my room
E D
with their quiet and dirty looks.
A D E
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
D
I just can't arrive.
A D
There's a reason for believ ing
A
that I've never been alive.
A D/A
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
E/G# D
I just can't arrive.
A D
There's a reason for believ ing
E7 D
that I've never been alive.
A D A
Alive, alive.