Chords with lyrics
🎸 Verse 1:
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Trying to get to sleep
Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
You're solving a mystery
Fmaj7Fmaj7
The answers are far away
Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
And they'll never see the light of day
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Gm7Gm7
And the voice is getting loud
Am7Am7
Self-pity and doubt
Gm7Gm7
And part of you is proud
Fmaj7Fmaj7
But you won't get over
Gm7Gm7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
But you try, but you try, but you try
🎸 Chorus:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
Like something from an old Greek tragedy
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Can't conceive of anything that ain't Hollywood
Eb7Eb7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
One doesn't have a happy ending
Gm7Gm7
But either way you got to play your part
🎸 Post-Chorus:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Gm7Gm7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
But either way you got to play your part
🎸 Verse 2:
Fmaj7Fmaj7
So long as the sun exists
Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
To cast shadows on ourselves
Am7Am7
The shadow has all to tell
Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
For which we have such a bitter need
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Gm7Gm7
To look at every turn
Am7Am7
We're never gonna learn
Gm7Gm7
It's always gonna hurt
Fmaj7Fmaj7
And we won't get over
Gm7Gm7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
But we try, but we try, but we try
🎸 Chorus:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
Like something from an old Greek tragedy
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Can't conceive of anything that ain't Hollywood
Eb7Eb7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
One doesn't have a happy ending
Gm7Gm7
But either way you got to play your part
Hook:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
And try, I'm an optimist when I see pigs fly
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebma7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Gm7Gm7
And try, but either way you got to play your part
🎸 Verse 3:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Gm7Gm7
Always to run away
Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
You call it a holiday
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Gm7Gm7
You see your surroundings change
Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
But then you feel such a bitter need
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Gm7Gm7
To look at your own worth
Am7Am7
Can't blame it on the world
Gm7Gm7
And no one but yourself
Fmaj7Fmaj7
And you won't get over
Gm7Gm7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
But you try, but you try, but you try
🎸 Bridge:
Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Stop taking it out on all those around
Gm/C Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7
You're letting it roll straight back down
F7F7
You're trying to push that rock back up the hill
🎸 Chorus:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
Like something from an old Greek tragedy
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
Can't conceive of anything that ain't Hollywood
Eb7Eb7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
One doesn't have a happy ending
Gm7Gm7
But either way you got to play your part
Hook:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
And try, I'm an optimist when I see pigs fly
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Eb7Eb7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Gm7Gm7
And try, but either way you got to play your part
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
And try, I'm an optimist when I see pigs fly
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Eb7Eb7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Gm7Gm7
And try, but either way you got to play your part
🎸 Outro:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
But either way you got to play your part
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
But either way you got to play your part
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Gm7Gm7 Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7
Chords playing instructions:
Fmaj7Fmaj7 x33210
Am7Am7 x02010
Gm7Gm7 353333
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 x13231
Eb7Eb7 xx1323
Gm/C x35333
Dm7Dm7 xx021