Chords with lyrics
Key: E MajorE
♫ Intro:
E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7 E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7
♫ Verse 1:
E MajorE
When I was younger, and life a stranger
F#m7F#m7 B7B7 F#m7F#m7 B7B7
I dreamed of circuses and things of danger
B7B7
I watched the clouds suspended like balloons
E MajorE
I sailed my ship on treetop afternoons
A augmentedA
No obligations, no sense of time
E MajorE
And life was equal to a lost child's nursery rhyme
F#m7F#m7 BB E MajorE
And it was easy, so very easy for my mind
♫ Verse 2:
E MajorE
But as the years ceaselessly were rolling
B7B7
Like a passage from a play of someone strolling
EsusEsus B7B7 EsusEsus BB
Through foggy nights and naked imagery
E MajorE
Through sunless days and glass menageries
A augmentedA
A majorA frozen face would hide its eyes
E MajorE
And wouldn't dare to even dream about the sky
EsusEsus B7B7 EsusEsus B7B7 E MajorE E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7 E MajorE
Now ain't it funny, oh ain't it funny why
♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Where does it go? Nobody knows
G#7G#7 C# minorC#m F#7F#7 B7B7 BaugBaug
Climbing the spiral stairs that lead nowhere
Guitar ♫ Solo:
E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7 F#m7F#m7 B7B7 F#m7F#m7 B7B7 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7 E MajorE
♫ Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Where does it go? Nobody knows
G#7G#7 C# minorC#m F#7F#7 B7B7 BaugBaug
Climbing the spiral stairs that lead nowhere
♫ Verse 3:
E MajorE
When we first met we both were strangers
F# minorF#m B7B7 F# minorF#m B7B7
You took me in from all the danger
F#M B7B7 F#M B7B7
You gave me warmth when I was cold
E MajorE
You reached with love and and touched my soul
A augmentedA
You put the sun back in the sky
E MajorE
And then you gave me back my eyes
F# minorF#m B7B7 F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
And now it's easy, so very easy I
F# minorF#m B7B7 F# minorF#m B7B7 E MajorE
Feel like I can fly
♫ Outro:
E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7 F#m7F#m7 B7B7 E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7 F#m7F#m7 B7B7 E MajorE F#m7F#m7 B7B7 F#m7F#m7 B7B7 E MajorE