Intro
Fm G# A#m D# C7
[Verse 1]
Fm G#
All my friends they rise for work each day,
A#m D# C7
they take the mornin' train, never running late.
Fm G#
Staring at the their screens they fade away,
A#m D# C7
they take a coffee break just to stay awake.
[Pre-Chorus]
C# G#
Don't you know there's more to life
C7 C# C7
than working all the time as the evenings fade.
[Chorus]
Fm G#
People say we're wasting all our time,
A#m
searching for things we weren't meant to find
Cm D# C7
but that's all we have, so I don't mind.
Fm G#
People say we'll lose a future sum
A#m
for living life while we are young.
Cm D# C7
Well, it's nice to say I'm the happy one.
[Verse 2]
Fm G#
Father told me, son, don't make mistakes
A#m D# C7
that I have made back in my day.
Fm G#
But as I look upon his wearied face
A#m D# C7
it speaks of all the places that he never stayed.
[Pre-Chorus]
C# G#
Don't you know there's more to life
C7 C# C7
than working all the time as the evenings fade.
[Chorus]
Fm G#
People say we're wasting all our time,
A#m
searching for things we weren't meant to find
Cm D# C7
but that's all we have, so I don't mind.
Fm G#
People say we'll lose a future sum
A#m
for living life while we are young.
Cm D# C7
Well, it's nice to say I'm the happy one.
[Bridge]
C# G# C7 C#
Ooh, ooh, I watch em fade away now.
G# C7 C#
Ooh, I watch em fade away now, way now.
G# C7 C# C# C7 D#7 C7
Ooh, I watch em fade away.
[End-Chorus]
Fm G#
People say we're wasting all our time,
A#m
searching for things we weren't meant to find
Cm D# C7
but that's all we have, so I don't mind.
Fm G#
People say we'll lose a future sum
A#m
for living life while we are young.
Cm D# C7 Fm
Well, it's nice to say I'm the happy one.