Verse
A# A#maj7
Tell me the truth, how do you feel?
Eb Cm
Like you're rollin' so fast that you're spinnin' your wheels?
A# F
Don't feel too bad, you're not all alone
Ebmaj7 Cm
We're all tryin' to get along
[Verse 2]
A# A#maj7
With ev'rybody else tryin' to go their way
Eb Cm
You're bound to get tripped, and what can you say?
A# F
Just go along til they turn out the lights
Ebmaj7 Cm
There's nothin' we can do to fight it
[Chorus]
Eb F A#
No man's got it made
Cm7 Dm Eb
Till he's far beyond the pain
A# F Gm
And we who must remain
F Ebmaj7 F A# F
Go on living just the same
[Verse 3]
A# A#maj7
I once knew a man, a very talented guy
Eb Cm
He'd sing for the people and people would cry
A# F
They knew that his song came from deep down inside
Ebmaj7 Cm A#
You could hear it in his voice and see it in his eyes
A#maj7 Eb Cm
And so he traveled along, touch your heart, then be gone
A# F Eb Cm
Like a flower, he bloomed till that old hickory wind called him home
[Chorus]
Eb F A#
My man's got it made
Cm7 Dm Eb
He's gone far beyond the pain
A# F Gm
And we who must remain
F Ebmaj7 F A#
Go on living just the same
[Solo]
(over verse chords)
[Chorus]
Eb F A#
Now my man's got it made
Cm7 Dm Eb
He's gone far beyond the pain
A# F Gm
And we who must remain
F Ebmaj7 F A#
Go on living just the same
A# F Gm F Eb F A#
We who must remain go on laughing just the same
Db Eb F