Verse
B G#m
What will they write about me
D#m F# E B/E F#
What will the version be when all is said and done
B G#m D#m
Will they remember all of the places seen
F# E B/E F#
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
E B F#
I'm just wandering on
[Chorus 1]
E C#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
G#m
And all I've spent
F# E
Are long since on my way
C#m G#m F#
To learning nothing comes for free
C#m B
But I'm not the man
E F#
I'm not the man
E C#m G#m F#
I used to be
[Verse 1]
B G#m
So it all comes out in the wash
D#m
What would you see?
F# E B F#
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
G#m Emaj7 F#
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
D#m E B F#
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
E B F#
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
[Chorus 2]
E C#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
G#m
And all I've spent
F# E
Are long since on my way
C#m G#m F#
To learning nothing comes for free
C#m B
But I'm not the man
E F#
I'm not the man
B F#/A# G#m F#
I used to be
[Bridge]
E F# G#m F#
Don't leave me behind
E F# G#m F#
Don't leave me behind
E
Like I left you behind
[Chorus 1]
E C#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
G#m F#
And all I've spent
E
Are long since on my way
C#m G#m F#
To learning nothing comes for free
E C#m
I had a lot of time to waste
G#m F#
I wrote the lines upon my face
E C#m G#m F#
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
E B/D#
But I'm not the man
E B/D#
I'm not the man
E F#
I'm not the man
E C#m G#m F#
But I used to be
[Outro 1]
E C#m
I used to be my father's son
G#m F#
I used to be number one
E C#m
I used to be paper and pencil
G#m F#
I used to be endless potential
E C#m
I used to be heaven and earth
G#m F#
I used to be my net worth
E C#m
I used to be one public drunken moment
G#m F#
I used to be high paid and low rent
E C#m
I used to be a man on a mission
G#m
My best chart position
F#
The man in the mirror
E
Your brother, your killer
C#m
F# new day, a new town
G#m
Your racehorse, your cash cow
F#
Till I let you all down
[Outro 2]
E B/D#
Now I want to be
E F#
I want to be
B
Just want to be