Verse
C Am
What will they write about me
Em G F C/F G
What will the version be when all is said and done
C Am Em
Will they remember all of the places seen
G F C/F G
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
F C G
I'm just wandering on
[Chorus 1]
F Dm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Am
And all I've spent
G F
Are long since on my way
Dm Am G
To learning nothing comes for free
Dm C
But I'm not the man
F G
I'm not the man
F Dm Am G
I used to be
[Verse 1]
C Am
So it all comes out in the wash
Em
What would you see?
G F C G
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
Am Fmaj7 G
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
Em F C G
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
F C G
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
[Chorus 2]
F Dm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Am
And all I've spent
G F
Are long since on my way
Dm Am G
To learning nothing comes for free
Dm C
But I'm not the man
F G
I'm not the man
C G/B Am G
I used to be
[Bridge]
F G Am G
Don't leave me behind
F G Am G
Don't leave me behind
F
Like I left you behind
[Chorus 1]
F Dm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Am G
And all I've spent
F
Are long since on my way
Dm Am G
To learning nothing comes for free
F Dm
I had a lot of time to waste
Am G
I wrote the lines upon my face
F Dm Am G
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
F C/E
But I'm not the man
F C/E
I'm not the man
F G
I'm not the man
F Dm Am G
But I used to be
[Outro 1]
F Dm
I used to be my father's son
Am G
I used to be number one
F Dm
I used to be paper and pencil
Am G
I used to be endless potential
F Dm
I used to be heaven and earth
Am G
I used to be my net worth
F Dm
I used to be one public drunken moment
Am G
I used to be high paid and low rent
F Dm
I used to be a man on a mission
Am
My best chart position
G
The man in the mirror
F
Your brother, your killer
Dm
G new day, a new town
Am
Your racehorse, your cash cow
G
Till I let you all down
[Outro 2]
F C/E
Now I want to be
F G
I want to be
C
Just want to be