Verse
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
It seems they haul their diamonds straight from the mine
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
You kept on digging brother, the well's run dry
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
You ran away from home, what did you find?
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
Is this your great escape that jug o' wine?
[Pre-Chorus]
C# C#maj7 D#/C# D#sus4
It's a shame, such a shame
[Chorus]
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe, my friend
G# G#maj9 C# A#m7
It's only make believe, my friend
[Verse 2]
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
Look at the starlings how they, they paint the sky
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
And how they need each other like you and I
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
Here in the swarm of bees outside their hive
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
Apart for everyone, all in good time
[Pre-Chorus]
C# C#maj7 D#/C# D#sus4
We are the same, we are the same
[Chorus]
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe, my friend
G# G#maj9 C# A#m7
It's only make believe, my friend
[Verse 3]
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
The wolf is chasing us and it won't quit
Fm Fm/C# D# A#m7
Maybe the art of life's not becoming it
C# C#maj7 D#/C# D#sus4
It's all a game, it's not a game
C# C#maj7 D#/C# D#sus4
Be the flame, be the flame
[Chorus]
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe, my friend
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe, my friend
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
[Outro]
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe
G# G#maj9 C#
It's only make believe