Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A minorAm G+G C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G
Have I lost my touch?
C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
I want to feel less fear
A minorAm G+G
Where is the stirring of hope
C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
Once I held so near?
A minorAm G+G
This mournful wail
C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
Has worn away so thin
A minorAm G+G
Life is long if you're living it
C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
But dread will blow in like the wind
Chorus:
G+G
How can I explain
Cadd9Cadd9
So that you will understand
G+G
How foolish it must be
Cadd9Cadd9
To opine so openly?
G+G
Such a delicate life
Cadd9Cadd9
So full of tragedy
G+G
Why do we continue to treat
Cadd9Cadd9
Each other so savagely?
Instrumental:
A minorAm G+G C majorC D6D6 D MajorD x2
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G
Pills don't seem to work
C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
We're lost at the bottom of the sea
A minorAm G+G
Our bones are searching for something else
C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
Tired of the flesh that they see
A minorAm G+G C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
I never thought that I'd grow up to be
A minorAm G+G
Another face in the crowd
C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
On the wrong side of history
Chorus:
G+G
How can I explain
Cadd9Cadd9
So that you will understand
G+G
How foolish it must be
Cadd9Cadd9
To opine so openly?
G+G
Such a delicate life
Cadd9Cadd9
So full of tragedy
G+G
Why do we continue to treat
Cadd9Cadd9
Each other so savagely?
Outro:
A minorAm G+G C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
Oh, oh...
A minorAm G+G C majorC D6D6 D MajorD
Oh, oh...