İmitation Of Life

F Am Now the radio stutters. snaps to life. Dm C A# Some sour song that sets it right. F A# And when London falls F A# / He'd like to call / F But the stars collide. __| Am Dm C A# They're beautiful and much maligned. F A# F A# In a universe where you see the worst, C And it's up to you to fix it. C A# F Now you've worked it out C And you see it all __ A# F And you've worked it out / C / And you see it all | __| A# F And you want to shout C A# Am F D How you see it all It's easy to dismiss the 'what's it all about' crowd. There is no doubt. it's this, here, now. And you close your eyes. / He's not coming back. / So you work it out, overfeed the cat. And the plants are dry and they need to drink. __| So you do your best. and you flood the sink. Sit down in the kitchen and cry. Now you've worked it out __ And you see it all | And you've worked it out / And you see it all / And you want to shout | __| How you see it all Gm A# Gm A# Am F Now the universe left you for a runners lap. It feels like home when it comes crashing back. And it makes you laugh And it makes you cry, / When London falls / And you're still alive. The radio stutters, __| It makes you laugh And the aftermath, Open up your eyes. You're so alive. Now you've worked it out And you see it all And you've worked it out __ And you see it all | And you want to shout / How you see it all / How you've worked it out | __| And you see it all How you've worked it out And you see it all End on F A E riff Postcard stowaway within A E riff Pristine indigo without A E riff Banded attoman as such A E riff Sofa seated one too much D E D E D E D E riff All along the range all along the range C#m E A / Asus4 Ages of you E C#m Train pulls over hanging bridge E C#m Conductor looks up, thinks E C#m out and down hands, stuck to the left E C#m to the right, you should fall, E C#m riff the horses just don't gossip anymore B A B I know you say A B Maybe some day F# I need never be alone A B A B I know I say A B It's the right way F# But you'll never be the one G#m I've been so alone now C# b)-7-6-4-6-- For a long long, long time G#m I don't wanna hang out now F# With the folks that just stopped by B A B While you party B A B You've been looking F#m But your searching never ends A B A B You've been going B A B With the wrong crowd B F#m You've got all the right friends G#m I've been walking alone now C# b)-7-6-4-6-- For a long, long time G#m I don't want to spend now F#m With the folks...that just aren't mine E F# G#m G#m - F# - E I don't wanna be with you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I just don't want you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I don't wanna be with you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I just don't want you anymore Rave on! F# G#m Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too F# G#m Fall to...fall to...fall to...fall too E F# G#m G#m - F# - E I don't wanna be with you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I just don't want you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I don't wanna be with you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I just don't want you anymore B A B I know you say A B Maybe some day F# I need never be alone A B A B I know I say A B It's the right way F# But you'll never be alone G#m I've been walking alone now C# b)-7-6-4-6-- For a long, long time G#m I don't gotta hang out F#m With the folks...that just aren't mine E F# G#m G#m - F# - E I don't wanna be with you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I just don't want you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I don't wanna be with you anymore F# G#m G#m - F# - E I just don't want you anymore C Gm C Humming all the way to Reno Gm C You?ve dusted the non-believers Gm Riff 1 And challenged the laws of chance C Gm C Now, Sweet, You were so sugar sweet Gm C You may as well have had ?kick me? Gm Riff 1 Fastened on your sleeve Chorus Bb C VIII You know what you are Dm Eb Gm You?re gonna be a star Bb C VIII You know what you are Dm Eb F You?re gonna be a star Verse 2 C Gm C Wing, is written on your heel Gm C Your Achilles heel Gm Riff 1 Is a tendency? C Gm C To dream but you?ve known that from the beginning Gm C You didn?t have to go so far Gm Riff 1 You didn?t have to go Chorus (same as above Middle 8 Dm Bb Gm You know who you are Dm Bb Gm You know who you are Dm Bb Gm F You know who you are A B So hesitation pulled me back A I'm stronger when I don't attract B In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack A And I am getting confused B A I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe As you pan for ore B In the desert, floored I say to you F# G#m That I could never imagine a place so beautiful F#m B I could never steal your gold away. E B C#m Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah E C# I try to walk like a big wham bam I came across like a battering ram E C# I try to float like a telegram sam I'm trying to divine you F# E B F# My book is called "The Ascent Of Man" G#m I marked your chapter with a catamaran The accent's off F#m B But I am what I am E B C#m Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah E C#m I try to walk like a big wham bam I came across like a battering ram E C# I try to float like a telegram sam I'm trying to divine you. F# B A D G F# E B F# I looked for you, it's my last grandstand G#m A motorscootered goat legged pan F#m B Figure eighting in quicksand E B C#m Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah E C#m I try to walk like a big wham bam I try to float like a telegram sam E C#m I came across like a battering ram I'm trying to divine you. E C#m I try to walk like a big wham bam I try to float like a telegram sam E C#m I came across like a battering ram I'm trying to divine you. A B So hesitation pulled me back A I'm so in love I don't attract B A And with my hands tied I won't crack B 'Cause in my mind I called you back. A B Am G If you could see yourself now baby, It's not my fault, you used to be so in control, You're going to roll right over this one, Just roll me over let me go, You're laying blame, Take this as no, no, no, no, no, you: Am C Am G Bang Bang Bang Bang Bang, Blame Blame Blame. Am C Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, B Bb back to Am G again Its not my thing so let it go. If you could see yourself now baby, Tables are turned, the whole world hinges on your swings(?), Your secret life of indiscrete, discretions(?), I turned the screw, leaved the screen (????), Don't point your finger, you know thats not my thing. You came to : Am C Am G Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Blame Blame Blame. Am C Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, B Its not my thing so let it go. instrum: Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm A, then back to Am G again. You got a little worried, I know it all too well, I've got your number, So has every kiss and tell Who dares to cross your threshold, Happens on your way, Stop laying blame, You know thats not my thing You came to Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Bang Bang Blame. Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Its not my thing so let it go. Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Bang Bang Blame. Bang Bang Bang Bang Blame, Its not my thing so let it go. You kiss on me, tug on me Rub on me, jump on me, bang on me, feed on me, hit on me, let go on me, You let go on me. F G the sun reflected in the back of my eye. F G I knocked my head against the sky. Bb C the dragonflies are busy buzzing me. Bb C a seahorse as if we were in the sea. F G half way from coal, half way to diamond. F G my fall knocked a mean chip out of me. Bb C gathering as far as I can reach. Bb C perched up on the precipice and this is what I've seen. Gm F C this is all I want, it's all I need. Gm F C this is all I am, it's everything. Gm F C this is all I want, it's all I need. F G a bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree. F G doctorate in science and the theologians dream. Bb C the dragonflies are trying to lecture me. Bb C a seahorse as if we were in the sea. Gm F C but this is all I want, it's all I need. Gm F C this is all I am, it's everything. Gm F C this is all I want, it's all I need. INSTRUMENTAL F G beat a drum for me like a butterfly wing. F G tropical storm across the ocean. Bb C but don't explain I'm sure I'll want to know Bb C but don't forget we're just halfway from home. Gm F C this is all I want, it's all I need. Gm F C this is all I am, it's everything. Gm F C this is all I want, it's all I need. Dm7 C F lick G(3) : ------------0-2-0------| D(2) : --0-h-2-h-4-------4-0--| F# chord....} F# A Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand E F# {lick} The insurgency began and you missed it F# A I looked for it and I found it E F# F#7 Miles Standish proud, congratulate me D A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe {same as before} Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand Of the powers, the only vote that matters Silence means security silence means approval On Zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree Follow the leader, run and turn into butter D Let's begin again, begin the begin F# A Let's begin again like Martin Luther Zen E F# {lick} The mythology begins the begin F# Answer me a question I can't itemize A I can't think clearly, look to me for reason E F# F#7 It's not there, I can't even rhyme in the begin D A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe F G {keys walkdown} C# Example: the finest example is you Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand The insurgency began and you missed it I looked for it and I found it Miles Standish proud, congratulate me D A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe F G F G Let's begin again begin the begin F G F G Let's begin again Intro: | Em G D C G D Cmaj7 Em G D C G D Em Em G D C G This flower is scorched. This film is on, on a maddening loop. D Cmaj7 Em G These clothes, these clothes don't fit us right, D C G D Cmaj7 and I'm to blame. It's all the same. It's all the same. Em G You come to me with a bone in your hand. D C You come to me with your hair curled tight. G D Cmaj7 Em G You come to me with positions. You come to me with excuses, D C G D Cmaj7 ducked out in a row. You wear me out. You wear me out. Em G D C We've been through fake-a-breakdown, self hurt, plastics, collections, G D Cmaj7 self help, self pain, EST, psychics, fuck all. Em G D C G D Cmaj7 I was central. I had control. I lost my head. I need this. I need this. Em G D C A paper weight, a junk garage, winter rain, a honey pot. G D Cmaj7 Em G Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged. Hotline, wanted ad. D C G D Cmaj7 It's crazy what you could have had. Em G It's crazy what you could have had. D C It's crazy what you could have had. G D Cmaj7 I need this. I need this. Em G It's crazy what you could have had. D C It's crazy what you could have had. G D Cmaj7 I need this. I need this. Em G It's crazy what you could have had. D C It's crazy what you could have had. G D Cmaj7 Em G I need this. I, I need this. D C It's crazy what you could have had. G D Cmaj7 I need this. I need this. Em G It's crazy what you could have had. D C Crazy what you could have had. G D Cmaj7 Em G D C G D Cmaj7 I need this. I need this. Em G D C G D Cmaj7 Crazy what you could have had. Em G D C G D Cmaj7 Crazy what you could have had. C Cmaj7 VERSE: C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Receiving department, 3 AM C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Staff cuts have socked up the overage C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Directives are posted No call backs, complaints C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 Everywhere is calm VERS E TO CHORUS: D# Dm Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up F G Talk of circadian rhythm CHORUS: C Dm Am Em I see today with a newsprint frame C Dm G My night is colored headache-grey C Dm Am Em Daysleeper, daysleeper C Dm G daysleeper {Verse Chords} The bull and the bear are marking their territories They're leading the blind with their international glories {Verse to Chorus Chords} I('m the) screen, the blinding light I('m the) screen, I work at night {Chorus Chords} I see today with a newsprint frame My night is colored headache-grey Don't wake me You're) so much Daysleeper Dsus4 BRIDGE: C Cmaj7 C I cried the other night C Cmaj7 C I can't even say why C Cmaj7 C flourescent, flat, caffeine lights C Cmaj7 C It's furious balancing {Verse To Chorus Chords} I('m the) screen, the blinding light I('m the) screen, I work at night {Chorus Chords} I see today with a newsprint frame My night is colored headache grey Don't wake me (you're) so much The ocean machine is set to night I'll squeeze into heaven and Valentine My bed is pulling me, gravity, daysleeper Daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper, daysleeper End on C D G E --0-0-0--0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-| B --3-0-3--3-3----3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-| G --0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2-2--0h2h4p2p0-| D --0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-| {Verse Riff} Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. Salt Lake City, come in spring. Over the salt flats a hailstorm brought you back to me. A G Here it comes (I'm carried away A G Here it comes (I'm carried away A G Here it comes, back, back. {Verse Riff} Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good boy. What a f*ck-up, what a fighter. Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider, Hung on the vine like a poison spider. Win a eulogy with William Greider, car crash, ptomaine, explosion-provider, bus plunge, avalanche, poison spider. Free-fall, motorcycle, hang-glider. A G Here it comes (I'm carried away A G Here it comes (I'm carried away A G Here it comes, back, back. B G Go, go, go, yeah. B G A Go, go, go, yeah. {Verse Riff} Everybody is young forever. There's so much to tell you, so little time. I've come a long way since the whatever, shit, I still see a word, think of you. There's so much that I can't do, yeah. You will be young forever. There's so much that I can't do. There isn't so much that I can't do. A G Here it comes (I'm carried away A G Here it comes (I'm carried away A G Here it comes, back, back. Am I dragged my feet across the seat Jumped out the passenger side The only thing worth looking for Is what you find inside C Bm Am But that had not yet appeared Am Lost invisible here. Tel Aviv and Agadir Toned in for almost Before I learned to see C Bm Am The vanishing point appeared. G D C Bm Em I looked for you everywhere. G D C Bm Em I looked for you everywhere. Am There is a calm, I haven't come to the end I spent half my life figuring what comes next I telescoped in I finally win I finally win the prize. C Bm Am That now eyes see comets perfect timing squeeze Am Head first fighting everything The crushing force of memory Erasing all i've been C Bm Am The vanishing point appeared. G D C Bm Em I looked for you everywhere. G D C Bm Em I looked for you everywhere. G D C Bm Em Tell me why you're here G D C Bm Em I came to disappear. G, F, Em, D G, F, Em Am Look at this face Can you believe it? Am I living in the beautiful vacuum? Because I can't see it C Bm Am The vanishing point appears. G D C Bm Em I looked for you everywhere. G D C Bm Em I looked for you everywhere. G D C Bm Em Tell me why you're here. G D C Bm Em I came to disappear G D C Bm Em Tell me why you're here G D C Bm Em I came to disappear G D C Bm Em I came to disappear Dm E ---------1------1------1---1----------1------1------1---1------------ B ------------3------3-----------3---------3------3-----------3-------- G -------2-----------------0----------2-----------------0-------------- D ----0---------0------0-------3---0---------0------0-------3---------- A --------------------------------------------------------------------- E --------------------------------------------------------------------- E ---------1------1------1---1----------1------1----------------------- B ------------3------3-----------3---------3------3---3---3---3-------- G -------2-----------------0----------2---------------0 / 2-0---0-------- D ----0---------0------0-------3---0---------0------0-------3---------- A --------------------------------------------------------------------- E --------------------------------------------------------------------- verses Dm G Dm Smack, crack, bushwacked. Tie another one to the racks, baby. Dm G Dm Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby. F Am What if I ride? What if you walk? What if you rock around the clock? G Tick, tock, tick, tock. Em Em G Dm What if you did? What if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby? Dm G Dm Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby. Dm G Dm Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby. F Am Maybe you did, maybe you walked. Baby, you rocked around the clock. G Tick, tock, tick, tock. Em Em G Dm What if you did? What if you walk? What if you tried to get off, baby. then they use distortion Dm G Dm Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby. E -5--------------------------------------------------------------5------- B ---8-6------------------------------------------------------------8-6--- G -------7-5-------------------5p7----5----------------------------------- D ---------5--------------------------5----------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ---------------------------------------------------------------5-------- B -----------------------------6-----------------------------------8-6---- G -------7-------------------------------7-----------------------------7-- D -------7-------------------------------7-------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dm Ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, in come free, E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G -5---------------------------------5p7------5--------------------------- D -5------------------------------------------5--------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dm Dm baby. Hey kids, where are you? E -5------------------------------5--------------------------------------- B ---8-6-------------6--------------8-6----------------------------------- G -------7------------------7-----------7-5-------------------5p7--------- D -------7------------------7-------------5------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G Dm Nobody tells you what to do, baby. E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G --4--------------------------2-0-----2---------------------------------- D --5------------------------5-----3 / --0---------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dm G Dm Smack, crack, shack a lack. Tie another one to your backs, baby. Dm G Dm Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby. F Am Maybe you did, maybe you walked. Maybe you rock around the clock. G Tick, tock, tick, tock. Em Em G Dm Maybe I ride, maybe you walk, maybe I drive to get off, baby. with distortion again Dm Dm Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby. E -5--------------------------------------------------------------5------- B ---8-6------------------------------------------------------------8-6--- G -------7-5-------------------5p7----5----------------------------------- D ---------5--------------------------5----------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ---------------------------------------------------------------5-------- B -----------------------------6-----------------------------------8-6---- G -------7-------------------------------7-----------------------------7-- D -------7-------------------------------7-------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dm Ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, ollie, in come free, E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G -5---------------------------------5p7------5--------------------------- D -5------------------------------------------5--------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dm Dm baby. Hey kids, where are you? E -5------------------------------5--------------------------------------- B ---8-6-------------6--------------8-6----------------------------------- G -------7------------------7-----------7-5-------------------5p7--------- D -------7------------------7-------------5------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G Dm Nobody tells you what to do, baby. E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ G --4--------------------------2-0-----2---------------------------------- D --5------------------------5-----3 / --0---------------------------------- A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ E ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Em Em G Dm Hey kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby. E --0--------------------------0--------------------------0----1---------- B --0--------------------------0--------------------------0----3---------- G --0--------------------------0--------------------------0----2---------- D --2--------------------------2--------------------------2----0---------- A --2--------------------------2--------------------------2--------------- E --0--------------------------0--------------------------0--------------- Em Em G Dm Hey kids, rock and roll. Nobody tells you where to go, baby. E --0--------------------------0--------------------------0----1---------- B --0--------------------------0--------------------------0----3---------- G --0--------------------------0--------------------------0----2---------- D --2--------------------------2--------------------------2----0---------- A --2--------------------------2--------------------------2--------------- E --0--------------------------0--------------------------0--------------- Dm Dm Dm Baby, baby. C F C F You're on your ear, the ocean's near, the light has started to fade C F C F Your high is timed, you found the climb, It's hard to focus on more C F C F Than what's in front of you, Electron Blue, adventure rings with a page and C F c F When it dawns on you,it sings 'yeux blue', your buzz beginning to wane. Chorus: Dm C Adventure has laid its claim on you Am G It's all you want to do. Dm C Am You ... you know where to run G You run Electron Blue. And who am I? I'm just a guy I've got a story like everyone But in your eyes you looked surprised and didn't know where to run I looked to her she's found the cure her future's already begun Tomorrow's gaining speed on you it's all you want to do You ... you know where to run You run Electron Blue You ... you know where to run You run electron blue F So bide your time you'll feel the climb your high it builds like a lightning st orm It sings like pearls You know that girl and no one is any the wiser So as if on cue ..... Electron Blue Tomorrow's gaining speed on you It's all you want to do You ... you know where to run You run, Electron Blue You ... you know where to run You run, Electron Blue You ... you know where to run You run, Electron Blue C R.e.m-Endgame C Dadd4 E7 A {"Chorus":} D Bm A E ---------5-3-2--|-2--2--0----------0------| B ---3-3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3--0---2---3-----0---| G ---2-2-2-2-2-2--|-4--4------2-------------| Repeat D -0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-4--4------2-------------| A ----------------|-2---------0-------------| E ----------------|-------------------------| {coming out of the chorus after the D riff play:} E E7 E -|-0-------0--------------|--------------0-----------| B -|-0-------------0--------|-----------0-----0--------| G -|-1-----------------1----|--------1-----------1-----| D -|-2---2------------------|--0--0--------------------| A -|-2----------------------|-----------------------2--| E -|-0----------------------|--------------------------| {Play intro riff again, follow with the "chorus" riff, and instead of the E / E7 part, play the following:} F#7 G5 E -|-----------0----------0-|-----------3--------------| B -|-----2---------2--------|-----3----------3---------| G -|--------3----------3----|--0-----0-----------0-----| D -|--4---------------------|--------------------------| A -|------------------------|--------------------------| E -|------------------------|--------------------------| E D E -|-----------0----------0-|-----------2--------------| B -|-----0----------0-------|-----3----------3---------| G -|------------------------|--------2-----------2-----| D -|--2-----2----------2----|--0-----------------------| A -|------------------------|--------------------------| E -|------------------------|--------------------------| F#7 G5 E -|-----------0----------0-|-----------3--------------| B -|-----2---------2--------|-----3----------3---------| G -|--------3----------3----|--0-----0-----------0-----| D -|--4---------------------|--------------------------| A -|------------------------|--------------------------| E -|------------------------|--------------------------| E E7 E -|--------------0-------0-|--0-----------------------| B -|-----0-----------0------|--0-----------------------| G -|--------1---------------|--1-----------------------| D -|--2--------2--------2---|--0-----------------------| A -|------------------------|--------------------------| E -|------------------------|--------------------------| D G D G D When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone G D G When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on E(low)---3---2---0-- Em A Em A Em Don't let yourself go, everybody cries A D G D G and everybody hurts sometimes D G D Sometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along G D When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on G D If you feel like letting go (hold on G D G When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on E(low)---3---2---0-- Em A Em A Em Everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends A Everybody hurts, Bridge: F# Bm F# Bm F# Bm Don't throw your hand, oh no, don't throw your hand C G C Am when you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone D G D G If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long D G D G When you think you've had too much, of this life, to hang on E(low)---3---2---0-- Em A Em Well everybody hurts, sometimes A Em A D G Everybody cries, everybody hurts, sometimes D G D / A G D But everybody hurts sometimes so hold on, hold on, hold on, G D G D G Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, D G D G Everybody hurts D G D G D G You are not alone D F A7su4 G D F A7sus4 D F A7sus4 G Hey now little speedy head the read on the speedometer says D F A7sus4 you have to go the task in the city D F Where people drown and people serve A7sus4 G D F A7sus4 Don't be shy, your just deserve is only just light years to go G A D Em Me my thoughts are flowers strewn, an ocean storm may bury them G A D Dsus) I have got to leave to find my way G A D Em Watch the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes G A D and nothing is going my way D F A7sus4 G D F A7sus4 D F A7sus4 G The ocean is the river's goal, the need to leave the water knows D F A7sus4 We're closer now, but light years to go G A D Em I have got to find the river, Bergamot and bed of rose G A D Run through my head and far away G A D Em Leave the road and memorize this life that passed before my eyes G A D and nothing is going my way REPEAT INTRO RIF F D F A7sus4 G There's no one left to take the lead, but I'll tell you and you can see D F A7sus4 We're closer now and light years to go D F A7sus4 G Pick up here and chase the ride, river empties to the tide D F A7sus4 Fall into the ocean G A D Em River to the ocean goes a fortune for the undertow G A D None of this is going my way G A D Em There is nothing left to grow but ginger, mint, and indigo G A D Coriander stem and rows of hay G A D Em Strength and courage overrides, these privileged and weary eye G A D River poets search naivete G A D Em Pick up here and chase the ride, the river empties to the tide G A D All of this is coming your way {intro: E B C G A E B C G Bb} A D > Sleep delays my life A > Where does the time go...go D > I don't know A > Sleep sleep sleepy head D > Wake it up...up A > You've got all your life D > Way up ahead > E B C G A > Dreams they complicate my life E B C G Bb > Dreams they compliment my life > > I've seen you laying pined > I've seen you laying pined > Life is rough...rough > I've seen you laying down...down > With the loving kind > I know life is hard...hard > Well now > Where to turn? {break A D A D w / 13 alarm clocks going off at once} > Em C G Em Am C D Verse Em Am G D Charades, pop skill water hyacinth, Em Am G D C named by a poet. imitation of life Em Am G D Em like a koi in a frozen pond like a goldfish in a bowl Am G D C I dont want to hear you cry G Em Thats sugarcane that tasted good Am C D thats cinnamon thats Hollywood G Em Am C D c'mon c'mon no one can see you try You want the greatest thing the greatest thing since bread came sliced. You've got it all, you've got it sized. like a friday fashion show teenager freezing in the corner trying to look like you dont try Thats sugarcane that tasted good. thats cinnamon thats hollywood c'mon c'mon no one can see you try Middle 8 C D C D C Thats sugarcane that tasted good thats freezing rain thats what you could c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry This sugarcane this lemonade this hurricane, i'm not afraid. c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry This lightning storm this tidal wave this avalanche, i'm not afraid. c'mon c'mon no one can see me cry Thats sugarcane that tasted good thats who you are, thats what you could c'mon c'mon no one can see you cry Thats sugarcane that tasted good thats who you are, thats what you could c'mon c'mon no