Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
I cannot say that I know you well
C majorC G+G E minorEm
But you can't lie to me with all these books that you sell
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
I'm not trying to follow you to the end of the world
G+G C majorC G+G
I'm just trying to leave something behind
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
Words have come from men and mouse
C majorC G+G E minorEm
But I can't help thinking that I've heard the wrong crowd
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
When all the water is gone my job will be too
G+G C majorC G+G
And I'm trying to leave something behind
Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
Oh money is free but love costs more than our bread
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And the ceiling is hard to reach
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
Oh the future ahead is broken and red
G+G C majorC G+G
But I'm trying to leave something behind
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC G+G
This whole world is a foreign land
C majorC G+G E minorEm
We swallow the moon but we don't know our own hand
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
We're running with the case but we ain't got the gold
G+G C majorC G+G
Yet we're trying to leave something behind
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G
My friends I believe we are at the wrong fight
C majorC G+G E minorEm
And I cannot read what I did not write
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
I've been to His house, but the master is gone
G+G C majorC G+G
But I'd like to leave something behind
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
There is a beast who has taken my brain
C majorC G+G E minorEm
You can put me to bed but you can't feel my pain
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
When the machine has taken the soul from the man
G+G C majorC G+G
It's time to leave something behind
Verse 5:
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
Oh money is free but love costs more than our bread
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And the ceiling is hard to reach
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
Oh the future ahead is already dead
G+G C majorC G+G
So I'm trying to leave something behind
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
I got this feeling that I'm still at the shore
C majorC G+G E minorEm
And pockets don't know what it means to be poor
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
I can get through the wall if you give me a door
G+G C majorC G+G
So I can leave something behind
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
Oh wisdom is lost in the trees somewhere
C majorC G+G E minorEm
You're not going to find it in some mental gray hair
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
It's locked up from those who hurry ahead
G+G C majorC G+G
And it's time to leave something behind
Verse 6:
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
Oh money is free but love costs more than our bread
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And the ceiling is hard to reach
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
When my son is a man he will know what I meant
G+G C majorC G+G
I was just trying to leave something behind
G+G C majorC G+G
I was just trying to leave something behind