Guitar 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