Intro
Cm D# Fm A# G7
[Verse 1]
Cm D#
All my friends they rise for work each day,
Fm A# G7
they take the mornin' train, never running late.
Cm D#
Staring at the their screens they fade away,
Fm A# G7
they take a coffee break just to stay awake.
[Pre-Chorus]
G# D#
Don't you know there's more to life
G7 G# G7
than working all the time as the evenings fade.
[Chorus]
Cm D#
People say we're wasting all our time,
Fm
searching for things we weren't meant to find
Gm A# G7
but that's all we have, so I don't mind.
Cm D#
People say we'll lose a future sum
Fm
for living life while we are young.
Gm A# G7
Well, it's nice to say I'm the happy one.
[Verse 2]
Cm D#
Father told me, son, don't make mistakes
Fm A# G7
that I have made back in my day.
Cm D#
But as I look upon his wearied face
Fm A# G7
it speaks of all the places that he never stayed.
[Pre-Chorus]
G# D#
Don't you know there's more to life
G7 G# G7
than working all the time as the evenings fade.
[Chorus]
Cm D#
People say we're wasting all our time,
Fm
searching for things we weren't meant to find
Gm A# G7
but that's all we have, so I don't mind.
Cm D#
People say we'll lose a future sum
Fm
for living life while we are young.
Gm A# G7
Well, it's nice to say I'm the happy one.
[Bridge]
G# D# G7 G#
Ooh, ooh, I watch em fade away now.
D# G7 G#
Ooh, I watch em fade away now, way now.
D# G7 G# G# G7 A#7 G7
Ooh, I watch em fade away.
[End-Chorus]
Cm D#
People say we're wasting all our time,
Fm
searching for things we weren't meant to find
Gm A# G7
but that's all we have, so I don't mind.
Cm D#
People say we'll lose a future sum
Fm
for living life while we are young.
Gm A# G7 Cm
Well, it's nice to say I'm the happy one.