Verse
F# D#m
What will they write about me
A#m C# B F#/B C#
What will the version be when all is said and done
F# D#m A#m
Will they remember all of the places seen
C# B F#/B C#
The poem's lost or am I just wandering on
B F# C#
I'm just wandering on
[Chorus 1]
B G#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
D#m
And all I've spent
C# B
Are long since on my way
G#m D#m C#
To learning nothing comes for free
G#m F#
But I'm not the man
B C#
I'm not the man
B G#m D#m C#
I used to be
[Verse 1]
F# D#m
So it all comes out in the wash
A#m
What would you see?
C# B F# C#
Tattered pages and the ink stained pockets of your jeans
D#m Bmaj7 C#
So I've come to pay my respects at the wake
A#m B F# C#
I've buried it all and I'm dancing on my own grave
B F# C#
Yeah I'm dancing on my own grave
[Chorus 2]
B G#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
D#m
And all I've spent
C# B
Are long since on my way
G#m D#m C#
To learning nothing comes for free
G#m F#
But I'm not the man
B C#
I'm not the man
F# C#/F D#m C#
I used to be
[Bridge]
B C# D#m C#
Don't leave me behind
B C# D#m C#
Don't leave me behind
B
Like I left you behind
[Chorus 1]
B G#m
There could be fewer days ahead than gone
D#m C#
And all I've spent
B
Are long since on my way
G#m D#m C#
To learning nothing comes for free
B G#m
I had a lot of time to waste
D#m C#
I wrote the lines upon my face
B G#m D#m C#
Chasing down the shots they bought for me
B F#/A#
But I'm not the man
B F#/A#
I'm not the man
B C#
I'm not the man
B G#m D#m C#
But I used to be
[Outro 1]
B G#m
I used to be my father's son
D#m C#
I used to be number one
B G#m
I used to be paper and pencil
D#m C#
I used to be endless potential
B G#m
I used to be heaven and earth
D#m C#
I used to be my net worth
B G#m
I used to be one public drunken moment
D#m C#
I used to be high paid and low rent
B G#m
I used to be a man on a mission
D#m
My best chart position
C#
The man in the mirror
B
Your brother, your killer
G#m
C# new day, a new town
D#m
Your racehorse, your cash cow
C#
Till I let you all down
[Outro 2]
B F#/A#
Now I want to be
B C#
I want to be
F#
Just want to be