Verse
A F#m
What will they write about me
C#m E D A/D E
What will the version be when all is said and done
A F#m C#m
Will they remember all of the places seen
E D A/D E
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
D A E
I'm just wandering on
[Chorus 1]
D Bm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
F#m
And all I've spent
E D
Are long since on my way
Bm F#m E
To learning nothing comes for free
Bm A
But I'm not the man
D E
I'm not the man
D Bm F#m E
I used to be
[Verse 1]
A F#m
So it all comes out in the wash
C#m
What would you see?
E D A E
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
F#m Dmaj7 E
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
C#m D A E
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
D A E
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
[Chorus 2]
D Bm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
F#m
And all I've spent
E D
Are long since on my way
Bm F#m E
To learning nothing comes for free
Bm A
But I'm not the man
D E
I'm not the man
A E/G# F#m E
I used to be
[Bridge]
D E F#m E
Don't leave me behind
D E F#m E
Don't leave me behind
D
Like I left you behind
[Chorus 1]
D Bm
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
F#m E
And all I've spent
D
Are long since on my way
Bm F#m E
To learning nothing comes for free
D Bm
I had a lot of time to waste
F#m E
I wrote the lines upon my face
D Bm F#m E
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
D A/C#
But I'm not the man
D A/C#
I'm not the man
D E
I'm not the man
D Bm F#m E
But I used to be
[Outro 1]
D Bm
I used to be my father's son
F#m E
I used to be number one
D Bm
I used to be paper and pencil
F#m E
I used to be endless potential
D Bm
I used to be heaven and earth
F#m E
I used to be my net worth
D Bm
I used to be one public drunken moment
F#m E
I used to be high paid and low rent
D Bm
I used to be a man on a mission
F#m
My best chart position
E
The man in the mirror
D
Your brother, your killer
Bm
E new day, a new town
F#m
Your racehorse, your cash cow
E
Till I let you all down
[Outro 2]
D A/C#
Now I want to be
D E
I want to be
A
Just want to be