Capo: 3rd fret Intro: C5 D5 G5 C5 C5 D5 There's rumbling in the head again G5 C5 Inside the head there lived a brain C5 D5 Inside the brain there lived a dream G5 C5 That shot round like a laser beam C5 D5 Along nerve endings and synapses G5 C5 Past the room for memory lapses C5 D5 Bought about by alcohol G5 C5 That causes all the cell collapses C5 D5 G5 C5 C5 D5 Now, that dream's not the only one G5 C5 I had plenty more when I was young C5 D5 But I grew up in a big hurry G5 C5 And then one day I start to worry that D5 G5 C5 I'm gonna be a goner before I read all the books I wanna C5 D5 If I plant a tree now it'll be fully grown G5 C5 Long after I'm just dust and bone and C5 D5 C5 G5 Now I can't sleep, it's already 3 AM C5 D5 G5 C5 And Im lying here dividing sheep by the square root of ten C5 D5 G5 C5 C5 D5 So I gave away my clothes to charity G5 C5 I turned off my TV for clarity C5 D5 And somedays I still envy those G5 C5 Walking around wearing my clothes G5 D5 C5 So I'll just plant a tree I'll never see grow G5 D5 C5 Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know G5 D5 C5 Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks G5 D5 C5 But I just don't know how long it'll take C5 D5 G5 C5 C5 D5 I keep hearing voices and ringing phones G5 C5 But Im staring down a highway all alone C5 D5 With just the company of my stomach rumble G5 C5 And I feel OK, it makes me humble C5 D5 Without a load that I must carry G5 C5 Or a bump in the road to make to tarry C5 D5 G5 C5 Just a pile of ashes from the miles I've burned and everything Ive learned C5 What have I learned? C5 D5 Don't walk in front of cars or behind horses G5 C5 Cats don't drink milk out of flying saucers C5 Green means go D5 Yellow: go faster G5 C5 Red means stop or financial disaster C5 D5 G5 C5 And don't ever underestimate the fitness of a determined Jehovahs witness C5 D5 G5 C5 And don't ever ever take for granted what grew from every kiss you planted C5 D5 If a heart can break then a heart can feel G5 C5 It's to know that you're alive and real C5 D5 Like the rattlin, bouncin little white ball G5 C5 Not a number on a roulette wheel C5 D5 C5 G5 And hair it turns grey and skin it turns to leather C5 D5 G5 C5 But the best thing about growing old is we all do it together G5 D5 C5 So I'll just plant a tree I'll never see grow G5 D5 C5 Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know G5 D5 C5 Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks G5 D5 C5 But I just don't know how long it'll take C5 D5 G5 C5 C5 D5 They say that a love that's shared is a love that's carried G5 C5 All the way to the church where you'll be married C5 D5 G5 C5 And it's a long old way down the aisle to alter and you don't have the time to falter C5 D5 Love will always come and go I hope G5 C5 But sometimes love goes up in smoke C5 D5 And you're left there with the greedy ghost G5 C5 And just when you need them most C5 D5 Some of your friends have disappeared G5 C5 And others started acting weird C5 D5 And you?re left on your bed with an awful feeling G5 C5 Till you've learned by heart all the cracks in the ceiling C5 D5 G5 C5 And you think Oh god I just related to that awful love song I always hated C5 D5 G5 C5 And the past it all becomes distorted like it was broke before you bought it C5 D5 Remember, you're the one who paid G5 C5 Pulled the pin out of the hand grenade C5 D5 It's up to you to leave your room G5 C5 But don't forget to bring your spade G5 D5 C5 So you can plant a tree you'll never see grow G5 D5 C5 Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know G5 D5 C5 Gonna make my plan forever to roam G5 D5 C5 Gonna feed my nan in the nursing home G5 D5 C5 Gonna make that plan when the morning breaks G5 D5 C5 But I just don't know how long It'll take C5 D5 G5 C5 D5 C5