Verse
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
It seems they haul their diamonds straight from the mine
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
You kept on digging brother, the well's run dry
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
You ran away from home, what did you find?
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
Is this your great escape that jug o' wine?
[Pre-Chorus]
B Bmaj7 C#/B C#sus4
It's a shame, such a shame
[Chorus]
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe, my friend
F# F#maj9 B G#m7
It's only make believe, my friend
[Verse 2]
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
Look at the starlings how they, they paint the sky
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
And how they need each other like you and I
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
Here in the swarm of bees outside their hive
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
Apart for everyone, all in good time
[Pre-Chorus]
B Bmaj7 C#/B C#sus4
We are the same, we are the same
[Chorus]
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe, my friend
F# F#maj9 B G#m7
It's only make believe, my friend
[Verse 3]
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
The wolf is chasing us and it won't quit
D#m D#m/B C# G#m7
Maybe the art of life's not becoming it
B Bmaj7 C#/B C#sus4
It's all a game, it's not a game
B Bmaj7 C#/B C#sus4
Be the flame, be the flame
[Chorus]
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe, my friend
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe, my friend
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
[Outro]
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe
F# F#maj9 B
It's only make believe