Difficulty
Beginner
Rate for accuracy
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Key: Db
Intro:
D Dmaj7 D Dmaj7
Verse 1:
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
Hey, friend, wake up, there’s no sleeping in the parlor room.
D Dmaj7 G A
Can’t you see we’re discussing something new that we have found?
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
We are listening to a brother who is off 'ring us new answers:
Em A D Dmaj7
The spider and the fly go one more round.
Chorus:
D7 Em7 A
What’s the difference in the words we are speaking?
D D7 G A
They don’t read the same, but they have a friendly rhyme.
D D7 G E
The questioners and answerers have only changed their costumes:
Em A D Dmaj7 D Dmaj7
The play begins an ancient thousandths time.
Verse 2:
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
I have written this same song a hundred times moreover
D Dmaj7 G A
But I’ve said nothing different, for I’ve always made it rhyme.
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
And a poet we both know once said things that rhyme are all the same:
Em A D Dmaj7
The spider needs the fly just one more time.
Chorus:
D7 Em7 A
What’s the difference if you’re seeking or finding?
D D7 G A
Even Jesus tried to say it when he stumbled his last mile.
D D7 G E
The questioners and answerers are two sides of a flipping point
Em A D Dmaj7
And nothing ever changes but their style.
[Interlude]
D Dmaj7 Em7
Mm- Mm- Mm- Mm,
D Dmaj7 G
Mm-Mm Mm - Mm
Mm-Mm
D Dmaj7 Em7 G
Mm Mm-Mm-Mm Mm Mm Mm-Mm-Mm-Mm
Em A D Dmaj7
Mm Mm Mm Mm Mm-Mm
Chorus:
D7 Em7 A
What’s the difference if you’re seeking or finding?
D D7 G A
Even Jesus tried to say it when he stumbled his last mile
D D7 G E
The questioners and answerers are two sides of a flipping point
Em A D Dmaj7
And nothing ever changes but their sty- yle.
Outro:
Em A D
And nothing ever changes but their style.
Song History
Published: January 14, 2026
Last Updated: January 14, 2026