A E A E
A
Maybe you talk too high, man.
E A
Maybe I talk too slow.
E C#m
But you've got to live a little bit faster
F# A
'cause you've got a little less time to go.
E A
E A
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
E A
but then you know me very well.
E B/D#
And I can't change the wind
C#m
and make it blow the other way.
F#m A E
I'm a fool and I can tell...
F# B
... that I'm alive and that's all,
F# B
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
F# B
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
F# B
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
E A
I don't know about the peo ple
B A
that I read about in books.
E A
And the kings and queens around my room
B A
with their quiet and dirty looks.
E A B
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
A
I just can't arrive.
E A
There's a reason for believ ing
E
that I've never been alive.
E A
Alive.
A E A E
A
I ain't lost and I ain't searching,
E A
but then you know me very well.
E B/D#
And I can't change the world
C#m
and make it go the other way.
F# A E
I'm a fool and I can tell...
F# B
... that I'm alive and that's all,
F# B
that I can get up just as fast as I fall.
F# B
And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl.
F# B
And in the end it doesn't matter at all.
E A
I don't know about the peo ple
B A
that I read about in books.
E A
And the kings and queens around my room
B A
with their quiet and dirty looks.
E A B
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
A
I just can't arrive.
E A
There's a reason for believ ing
E
that I've never been alive.
E A/E
I know I should be go ing somewhere,
B/D# A
I just can't arrive.
E A
There's a reason for believ ing
B7 A
that I've never been alive.
E A E
Alive, alive.