Verse
C# C#maj7
Tell me the truth, how do you feel?
Gb D#m
Like you're rollin' so fast that you're spinnin' your wheels?
C# G#
Don't feel too bad, you're not all alone
Gbmaj7 D#m
We're all tryin' to get along
[Verse 2]
C# C#maj7
With ev'rybody else tryin' to go their way
Gb D#m
You're bound to get tripped, and what can you say?
C# G#
Just go along til they turn out the lights
Gbmaj7 D#m
There's nothin' we can do to fight it
[Chorus]
Gb G# C#
No man's got it made
D#m7 Fm Gb
Till he's far beyond the pain
C# G# A#m
And we who must remain
G# Gbmaj7 G# C# G#
Go on living just the same
[Verse 3]
C# C#maj7
I once knew a man, a very talented guy
Gb D#m
He'd sing for the people and people would cry
C# G#
They knew that his song came from deep down inside
Gbmaj7 D#m C#
You could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes
C#maj7 Gb D#m
And so he traveled along, touch your heart, then be gone
C# G# Gb D#m
Like a flower, he bloomed till that old hickory wind called him home
[Chorus]
Gb G# C#
My man's got it made
D#m7 Fm Gb
He's gone far beyond the pain
C# G# A#m
And we who must remain
G# Gbmaj7 G# C#
Go on living just the same
[Solo]
(over verse chords)
[Chorus]
Gb G# C#
Now my man's got it made
D#m7 Fm Gb
He's gone far beyond the pain
C# G# A#m
And we who must remain
G# Gbmaj7 G# C#
Go on living just the same
C# G# A#m G# Gb G# C#
We who must remain go on laughing just the same
Fb Gb F