Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC
verse 1:
C majorC
You don't change the world, it changes you
E MajorE
I got a bit older, and long in the tooth
FF
I been around the block a number of times
G+G C majorC
And I'm still trying to find a reasonable rhyme
verse 2:
C majorC
I learnt to appreciate the bird in my hand
E MajorE
The elephant in my room, the monkey on my back
FF
The canary in my coal mine is alive and kicking
G+G C majorC
We'd better act now while my heart's still beating
chorus 1:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
It's not always what you say, sometimes it's how you say it
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
It's not where you are, but it's where you're going to
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
The world outside the window's demanding the impossible
FF G+G C majorC
Well I just want whatever's best for you
verse 3:
C majorC
Well I'm at it again, and it's no surprise
E minorEm E MajorE
Pimping out my private life under the lights
FF
A augmentedA tune in my heart and my heart on my sleeve
G+G C majorC
Whistling a melody into the breeze
verse 4:
C majorC
My thoughts and my feelings are jumbled in verse
E MajorE
I try to make some sense of it all come the chorus
FF
But I'll keep on going 'til the going gets gone
G+G C majorC
I'm still trying to remember the words to that song
chorus 2:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
But it don't matter what you say, it matters what you do
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
It's not where you are, but it's where you want to be
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Let them fuss and fight, if they think they'll fill they're pockets up
FF G+G C majorC
Let's only take what we need
verse 5:
C majorC
And that is easy to say but what is it we need
E MajorE B minorBm E MajorE
I'll take good health and happiness
FF
Both are important, neither can be bought
G+G C majorC
Our health is out of our hands and left to the Gods
verse 6:
C majorC
And the secret of happiness is anyone's guess
E MajorE
One minute I know it, the next I forget
FF
But I know it's out there on a familiar shore
G+G C majorC
And that's why I've been singing these songs for so long
chorus 3:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
But it don't matter what I sing, or who I'm singing to
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
As long as the road I'm on leads me back to you
FF G+G FF G+G
My bird in my hand, my wife in my arms
FF G+G C majorC
Somewhere secure, safe and warm
Instumental:
C majorC E7E7 FF G+G
C majorC E7E7 FF G+G
outro:
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
Somewhere secure, safe and warm
FF G+G A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Somewhere secure, safe and warm
FF G+G C majorC
Somewhere secure, safe and warm