Intro: E A E A Verse 1: A E I took a trip but I was not on a vacation A E I sat face to face with my love but I didn't see him B Staring out at the Grand Canyon A E Oh but I was just so busy planning the places I go A E We race out the door of our youth and wave back to our mothers A E We take on the world and stop taking them telephone calls B A We see them again every Christmas till there's not another E Oh, I wish I had known
Chorus: B Birds don't know that they're singing F#m Fish don't know that they're swimming B No one knows the beginning C#m A E We don't know that we're living A Oh, that we're living Verse 2: A E I wish I could see my life like it looks in the pictures A E The sky really is that blue and the grass is that green B A I had everything that I wanted, now I wanna go back E 'Cause it was right there when I wasn't Chorus: B Birds don't know that they're singing, F#m Fish don't know that they're swimming B No one knows the beginning C#m We don't know that we're living A Oh, that we're living Interlude: E A E A Chorus: B Birds don't know that they're singing F#m Fish don't know that they're swimming B Oh, no one knows the beginning C#m A We don't know that we're living B No, we forget that we're spinning F#m Hold onto what you're giving B 'Cause no one knows when it's ending C#m E We don't know that we're living A Oh, that we're living We don't know E We don't know we're living A Oh, that we're living