Verse
B Bmaj7
Tell me the truth, how do you feel?
Fb C#m
Like you're rollin' so fast that you're spinnin' your wheels?
B F#
Don't feel too bad, you're not all alone
Fbmaj7 C#m
We're all tryin' to get along
[Verse 2]
B Bmaj7
With ev'rybody else tryin' to go their way
Fb C#m
You're bound to get tripped, and what can you say?
B F#
Just go along til they turn out the lights
Fbmaj7 C#m
There's nothin' we can do to fight it
[Chorus]
Fb F# B
No man's got it made
C#m7 D#m Fb
Till he's far beyond the pain
B F# G#m
And we who must remain
F# Fbmaj7 F# B F#
Go on living just the same
[Verse 3]
B Bmaj7
I once knew a man, a very talented guy
Fb C#m
He'd sing for the people and people would cry
B F#
They knew that his song came from deep down inside
Fbmaj7 C#m B
You could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes
Bmaj7 Fb C#m
And so he traveled along, touch your heart, then be gone
B F# Fb C#m
Like a flower, he bloomed till that old hickory wind called him home
[Chorus]
Fb F# B
My man's got it made
C#m7 D#m Fb
He's gone far beyond the pain
B F# G#m
And we who must remain
F# Fbmaj7 F# B
Go on living just the same
[Solo]
(over verse chords)
[Chorus]
Fb F# B
Now my man's got it made
C#m7 D#m Fb
He's gone far beyond the pain
B F# G#m
And we who must remain
F# Fbmaj7 F# B
Go on living just the same
B F# G#m F# Fb F# B
We who must remain go on laughing just the same
D Fb F