Verse
E C#m
What will they write about me
G#m B A E/A B
What will the version be when all is said and done
E C#m G#m
Will they remember all of the places seen
B A E/A B
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
A E B
I'm just wandering on
[Chorus 1]
A F#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
C#m
And all I've spent
B A
Are long since on my way
F#m C#m B
To learning nothing comes for free
F#m E
But I'm not the man
A B
I'm not the man
A F#m C#m B
I used to be
[Verse 1]
E C#m
So it all comes out in the wash
G#m
What would you see?
B A E B
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
C#m Amaj7 B
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
G#m A E B
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
A E B
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
[Chorus 2]
A F#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
C#m
And all I've spent
B A
Are long since on my way
F#m C#m B
To learning nothing comes for free
F#m E
But I'm not the man
A B
I'm not the man
E B/D# C#m B
I used to be
[Bridge]
A B C#m B
Don't leave me behind
A B C#m B
Don't leave me behind
A
Like I left you behind
[Chorus 1]
A F#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
C#m B
And all I've spent
A
Are long since on my way
F#m C#m B
To learning nothing comes for free
A F#m
I had a lot of time to waste
C#m B
I wrote the lines upon my face
A F#m C#m B
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
A E/G#
But I'm not the man
A E/G#
I'm not the man
A B
I'm not the man
A F#m C#m B
But I used to be
[Outro 1]
A F#m
I used to be my father's son
C#m B
I used to be number one
A F#m
I used to be paper and pencil
C#m B
I used to be endless potential
A F#m
I used to be heaven and earth
C#m B
I used to be my net worth
A F#m
I used to be one public drunken moment
C#m B
I used to be high paid and low rent
A F#m
I used to be a man on a mission
C#m
My best chart position
B
The man in the mirror
A
Your brother, your killer
F#m
B new day, a new town
C#m
Your racehorse, your cash cow
B
Till I let you all down
[Outro 2]
A E/G#
Now I want to be
A B
I want to be
E
Just want to be