Verse
D# Cm
What will they write about me
Gm A# G# D#/G# A#
What will the version be when all is said and done
D# Cm Gm
Will they remember all of the places seen
A# G# D#/G# A#
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
G# D# A#
I'm just wandering on
[Chorus 1]
G# Fm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Cm
And all I've spent
A# G#
Are long since on my way
Fm Cm A#
To learning nothing comes for free
Fm D#
But I'm not the man
G# A#
I'm not the man
G# Fm Cm A#
I used to be
[Verse 1]
D# Cm
So it all comes out in the wash
Gm
What would you see?
A# G# D# A#
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
Cm G#maj7 A#
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
Gm G# D# A#
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
G# D# A#
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
[Chorus 2]
G# Fm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Cm
And all I've spent
A# G#
Are long since on my way
Fm Cm A#
To learning nothing comes for free
Fm D#
But I'm not the man
G# A#
I'm not the man
D# A#/D Cm A#
I used to be
[Bridge]
G# A# Cm A#
Don't leave me behind
G# A# Cm A#
Don't leave me behind
G#
Like I left you behind
[Chorus 1]
G# Fm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Cm A#
And all I've spent
G#
Are long since on my way
Fm Cm A#
To learning nothing comes for free
G# Fm
I had a lot of time to waste
Cm A#
I wrote the lines upon my face
G# Fm Cm A#
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
G# D#/G
But I'm not the man
G# D#/G
I'm not the man
G# A#
I'm not the man
G# Fm Cm A#
But I used to be
[Outro 1]
G# Fm
I used to be my father's son
Cm A#
I used to be number one
G# Fm
I used to be paper and pencil
Cm A#
I used to be endless potential
G# Fm
I used to be heaven and earth
Cm A#
I used to be my net worth
G# Fm
I used to be one public drunken moment
Cm A#
I used to be high paid and low rent
G# Fm
I used to be a man on a mission
Cm
My best chart position
A#
The man in the mirror
G#
Your brother, your killer
Fm
A# new day, a new town
Cm
Your racehorse, your cash cow
A#
Till I let you all down
[Outro 2]
G# D#/G
Now I want to be
G# A#
I want to be
D#
Just want to be