Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
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Verse 1:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G E minor 7Em7
Existential questions like a flame in the night
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G E minor 7Em7
Keeping me awake with tears that burn like a fire
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G E minor 7Em7
And I'm getting to the point of feeling overly tired
A minorAm D MajorD E minorEm
Of the people who say, "You've gone astray"
Chorus:
A minorAm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
Wandering souls may appear to be lost
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
When in truth they are forging the trails
E minorEm C majorC
Of their most earnest thoughts
D MajorD G+G E minorEm C majorC
This is no patty cake, taffy-pull, carnival ride
D MajorD G+G
This is the crucible of life
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Verse 2:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G E minor 7Em7
Riding through the borderlands of sleep and awake
Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC E minor 7Em7
Mapping every bend and twisted fork that I take
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G E minorEm
Near obsessive over details like the whole world is at stake
A minorAm D MajorD E minorEm
Even still people say, "You've gone astray"
Chorus:
A minorAm D MajorD G+G E minorEm
Wandering souls may appear to be lost
A minorAm D MajorD G+G
When in truth they are forging the trails
E minorEm C majorC
Of their most earnest thoughts
D MajorD G+G E minorEm C majorC
This is no patty cake, taffy-pull, carnival ride
D MajorD G+G
This is the crucible of life
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