Intro:
G G6/A C9 us D D9 D
E | ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3- | ----3---3-3-3-3---2---0---2-2-2- |
B | ----3---3-3-3-3-----3---3-3-3-3- | ----3---3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3- |
G | ----0---0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0- | ----0---0-0-0-2---2---2---2-2-2- |
D | ----0---0-0-0-0-----2---2-2-2-2- | ----2---2-2-2-0---0---0---0-0-0- |
A | ----2---2-2-2-2-0--------------- | -3------------------------------ |
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G G6/A C9 D D9 D
I'm trying to tell you something 'bout my life
G G6/A C9 D D9 D
Maybe give me insight between black and white
D11 D11 C C
And the best thing you've ever done for me
D11 D11 C C G G6/A
Is to help me take my life less seriously; it's only life after all
C9 D D9 D
instrumental
G G6/A C9 D D9 D
Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
G G6/A C9 D D9 D
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
D11 D11 C C
I wrapped my fear around me like a blanket
D11 D11 C C G - D G
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it; I'm crawling on your shore
D D C9 G
I went to the doctor I went to the mountains
D D C9 G
I looked to the children I drank from the fountain
D11 D11 C C G G
There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line
D11 D11 C stop n.c.
And the less I seek my source for some definitive the closer
G G6/A C9 us G G6/A C9 D D9 D
I am to fine The closer I am to fine
G G6/A C9 D D9 D
I went to see the doctor of philosophy
G G6/A C9 D
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
D11 D11 C C
He never did marry or see a B grade movie
D11 D11 C C
He graded my performance he said he could see through me
G D C9 D G - D G
I spent 4 years prostrate to the higher mind got my paper and I was free
D D C9 G
I went to the doctor I went to the mountains
D D C9 G
I looked to children I drank from the fountain
D11 D11 C C G G
There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line
D11 D11 C stop n.c.
And the less I seek my source for some definitive the closer
G G6/A C9 us G G6/A C9 D D9 D
I am to fine The closer I am to fine
D D C9 C9 D D C9 C9
(whistle)
G G6/A C9 D D9 D
I stopped by the bar at 3 A.M.
G G6/A C9 D
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
D11 D11 C C
And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
D11 D11 C C G G
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before and I went in seeking clarity
D D C9 G
I went to the doctor I went to the mountains
D D C9 G
I looked to children I drank from the fountain
D D C9 G
We go to the doctor we go to the mountains
D D C9 G
We look to the children we drink from the fountain
D D C9 G
We go to the bible we go through the workout
D D C9 stop G stop
We read up on revival we stand up for the lookout
D11 D11 C C G G
There's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line
D11 D11 C n.c.
And the less I seek my source for some definitive the closer
G G6/A C9 us G G6/A C9 us
I am to fine The closer I am to fine The closer
G G6/A C9 D D9 D G
I am to fine