Intro: G A B G A B G

   G       A
I've been vindicated
    B          G
I've been loved and hated
    G       A            F#                         G
I've been pulled aside and told that life was overrated
G           A
No, I don't believe it
B           G
I just can't conceive it
G        A                     F#                   G
I can write all night but in the morning I can't read it

A                          E
Oh no, don't know what's the matter
G                         F
Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down
A                    D 
If I don't get what I want
A                        D 
And there ain't enough to go around
A      B    A           B   A
become oblivious to the obvious
A      B
Just ridiculous

G    A 
As I flip the pages
B     G
You're a time that's ageless
G     A           F#                             G
In between us lies the calm before a storm that rages
A               G
Thought we were related
B            G
Couldn't be separated
G      A           F#                      G
Tried to get ahead but only got decapitated

A                   D
I don't get what you want
G                               F
Don't know what's the matter, trying to hang around
A                  D 
If I don't get what I need
G                         F
Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down

A              B     A          B    A
We will become oblivious to the obvious
A      B
Just dysfunctional

B    G
Shut down
F#   E
Shut down
F#     D
Shut down

Solo:
G F# D F# x2
G F# D B
hit G x4

A                         D
When I can't get keep from getting down
G                        F
Looking for a ladder, scared of coming down
A                  D 
And I grow tired of hanging 'round
G                               F
Don't know what's the matter, trying to hang around
A        B     A    B     A
I become invisible, unlivable
A     B
Just dysfunctional

B    G
Shut down
F#   E
Shut down
F#     D
Shut down