Verse
G Em
What will they write about me
Bm D C G/C D
What will the version be when all is said and done
G Em Bm
Will they remember all of the places seen
D C G/C D
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
C G D
I'm just wandering on
[Chorus 1]
C Am
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Em
And all I've spent
D C
Are long since on my way
Am Em D
To learning nothing comes for free
Am G
But I'm not the man
C D
I'm not the man
C Am Em D
I used to be
[Verse 1]
G Em
So it all comes out in the wash
Bm
What would you see?
D C G D
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
Em Cmaj7 D
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
Bm C G D
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
C G D
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
[Chorus 2]
C Am
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Em
And all I've spent
D C
Are long since on my way
Am Em D
To learning nothing comes for free
Am G
But I'm not the man
C D
I'm not the man
G D/F# Em D
I used to be
[Bridge]
C D Em D
Don't leave me behind
C D Em D
Don't leave me behind
C
Like I left you behind
[Chorus 1]
C Am
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
Em D
And all I've spent
C
Are long since on my way
Am Em D
To learning nothing comes for free
C Am
I had a lot of time to waste
Em D
I wrote the lines upon my face
C Am Em D
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
C G/B
But I'm not the man
C G/B
I'm not the man
C D
I'm not the man
C Am Em D
But I used to be
[Outro 1]
C Am
I used to be my father's son
Em D
I used to be number one
C Am
I used to be paper and pencil
Em D
I used to be endless potential
C Am
I used to be heaven and earth
Em D
I used to be my net worth
C Am
I used to be one public drunken moment
Em D
I used to be high paid and low rent
C Am
I used to be a man on a mission
Em
My best chart position
D
The man in the mirror
C
Your brother, your killer
Am
D new day, a new town
Em
Your racehorse, your cash cow
D
Till I let you all down
[Outro 2]
C G/B
Now I want to be
C D
I want to be
G
Just want to be