Chords with lyrics
Intro: G minorGm F#F# Bb majorBb A augmentedA F#F#
G minorGm A augmentedA
It's time you learned a lesson
Bb majorBb C majorC
It's time that you understand
FF G minorGm
Don't ever count on anybody else
Eb MajorEb
In this or any other land
G minorGm A augmentedA
I once hoped for friendship
Bb majorBb C majorC
To find a place among my kind
FF G minorGm
But those were the childish wishes
Eb MajorEb
Of someone who was blind
C minorCm Eb MajorEb FF
Open up your eyes
FF G minorGm Bb majorBb
See the world from were I stand
Cm7Cm7 Eb MajorEb
Me among the mighty
G minorGm FF
You caged at my command
Bb majorBb C minorCm Eb MajorEb FF
Open up your eyes
G minorGm Bb majorBb
Give up your sweet fantasyland
G minorGm
It's time to grow up and get wise
C minorCm
Come now little one
D MajorD G minorGm Bb majorBb FF
Open up your eyes
BbmBbm
We all start out the same
Bb majorBb F#F#
With simple naïve trust
BbmBbm F#F# BbmBbm
Shielded from the many ways
C#C# Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb DmDm
That life's not fair or just
FF
But then there comes a moment
G minorGm FF
A augmentedA simple truth that you must face
G+G A minorAm DmDm
If you depend on others
G minorGm A minorAm
You'll never find your place
(FF BbmBbm DmDm AbAb Eb MajorEb BbmBbm)
(F#F# Bb majorBb DbDb BB FF C majorC G+G)
G+G C majorC
And as you take that first step
Bb majorBb C majorC
Upon a path that's all your own
G minorGm FF
You see it all so clearly
Eb MajorEb D MajorD G minorGm
The best way to survive is all alone
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
Open up your eyes
G minorGm Bb majorBb
And see the world from where I stand
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
Me among the mighty
FF G minorGm
You caged at my command
C minorCm FF Eb MajorEb
Open up your eyes
G minorGm Bb majorBb
And behold the fading light
Eb MajorEb C minorCm G minorGm
It's time to grow up and get wise
C minorCm
Come now little one
D MajorD Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb
Open up your eyes
Eb MajorEb D MajorD G minorGm
Open up your eyes