Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
A7A7 D/ED/E
Did I just hear an alarm start ringing?
A7A7 D/ED/E
Did I see sirens go flying past?
A7A7 A7/C# D MajorD
Though I don't know what tomorrow's bringing
D#m7b5D#m7b5 E7sus D/ED/E A7/E
I've got a singular impression things are moving too fast
Verse 2:
A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E
I'm gliding smooth as a figure skater
A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E C/GC/G G6G6 Bb/FBb/F D/ED/E
I'm riding hot as a rocket blast
A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E A7A7 A7/C# D MajorD
I just expected it ten years later
D#m7b5D#m7b5 E7sus A7A7
I've got a singular impression things are moving too fast
D7D7
And you say, "Oh, no, Step on the brakes
A7A7
Do whatever it takes, But stop this train
D7D7 A augmentedA+
Slow, slow! The light's turing red"
E7E7 A2/C# E7/BE7/B
But I say, "No! No! Whatever I do
A9A9
I barrel on through And I don't complain
B7B7 B7sus
No matter what I try
B7B7 E7(#9)
I'm flying full speed ahead"
Verse 4:
A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E A augmentedA D MajorD D/ED/E
I'm never worried to walk the wire
A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E C/GC/G G6G6 Bb/FBb/F D/ED/E
I won't do anything just "half-assed"
A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E A7A7 A7/C# D MajorD
But with the stakes getting somewhat higher
D#m7b5D#m7b5 E7sus A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E
I've got a singular impression... things are moving too fast
Break:
A7A7 A7A7 D MajorD D/ED/E
I found a woman I love
A7A7 A7A7 D#D# Dmin/E
And I found an agent who loves me
A7A7
Things might get bumpy but
FF Bb/FBb/F
Some people analyze every detail
FF Bb/FBb/F
Some people stall when they can't see the trail
Gm7Gm7 F/AF/A Emin7 A13A13
Some people freeze out of fear that they'll fail
Dmin Bb/CBb/C Eb/FEb/F Bb/FBb/F FF
But I keep rollin' on
Eb/FEb/F Bb/FBb/F FF Bb/FBb/F
Some people can't find success with their art
FF Bb/FBb/F
Some people never feel love in their heart
Gmin7 F/AF/A Emin7 A13A13
Some people can't tell the two things apart
Dm9Dm9 DbDb+9 Bbmaj7/C Bb/CBb/C FsusFsus
But I keep roll - in' on
Eb/FEb/F Bb/FBb/F Eb/FEb/F Bb/FBb/F
Oh...oh - maybe I can't follow through
Eb/FEb/F Bb/FBb/F Gmin7 F/AF/A Bb2/C
But Oh...oh - what else am I supposed to do?
Verse 5:
A augmentedA
I dreamed of writing like the high and mighty
A augmentedA
Now I'm the subject of a bidding war
A7A7
I met my personal Aphrodite
A7A7
I'm doing things I never dreamed of before
Bb7Bb7
We start to take the next step together
Bb7Bb7
Found an apartment on Seventy-Third
B7B7
The Atlantic Monthly's printing my first chapter
B7B7
Two thousand bucks without rewriting one word
C7C7
I left Columbia and I don't regret it
Db7Db7
I wrote a book and Sonny Mehta read it
D7D7
My heart's been stolen
Eb7Eb7
My ego's swollen
E7E7 D7D7 A7A7 D7D7 A7A7
I just keep rollin' along...
E7E7 E7/D A2/C# E7/BE7/B
And I think well, well, what else is in store?
E7E7
Got all this and more before twenty-four
B7B7 B7sus
It's hard not to be sure
B7B7 E7(#9)
I'm spinning out of control
F7F7
Out of control...
Verse 6:
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/FEb/F
I'm feeling panicked and rushed and hurried
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/FEb/F Db/Ab Ab6Ab6 Cb/Gb Eb/FEb/F
I'm feeling out-maneuvered and out-classed
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Bb/DBb/D Eb MajorEb
But I'm so happy I can't get worried
E MajorE F7F7
About this singular impression
Eb/FEb/F FF F7F7 Bb majorBb