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