Key: C major
Intro 1
B
E
A
B
E
A
G#m
C#m
C#sus4
B
E
A
B
G#
Verse 1
C#
G#
A#sus4
There's no time to phone home
When you're racin',
A#
D#sus4
you're on time
You contemplate,
A#m
G#
you gotta wait your own turn
Verse 2
C#
A#sus4
Up the noise with some poison,
A#
with great poise
D#sus4
You can't compare it too,
A#m
or let it scare you through
D#
If everything you do is not as smoothly
G#
C#
A#m
C#
as we planned
A#m
You gotta understand:
E
C#m
E
There is more for you.
C#m
G#m
E
G#dim
E
But all you gotta do, oo h
Verse 3
C#m
Is put yourself with the people
G#m
They're the ones who make
the world spin
C#m
G#m
C#m
B
C#m
Lust in favor, you can win.
Verse 4
D#m
E
And you'll take home
B
C#m
the gold medallion
D#m
E
B
C#m
And ride the wobbly wave of fame.
D#m
E
B
C#m
That is why you came
D#m
E
F#m
That is why you
Verse 5
G#
Came to your senses
C#
To feel it out
A#sus4
A#
And try to kill off every dial
D#sus4
Your mother worries,
A#m
G#
but no one worries quite like you.
C#
A#sus4
And when you start you must
G#
A#
rely on your own heart.
D#sus4
A#m
Cause nothing works the same or takes
the blame or wins the game
D#
With your head in your hands
in the pouring rain
G#
C#
A#m
C#
I want to see you as you are.
A#m
Like a lonely star.
E
C#m
There is more for you.
E
G#m
E
G#m
E
But all you gotta do, ooh
Verse 6
C#m
Is put yourself with the people.
G#m
They're the ones who make
the world spin.
C#m
G#m
C#m
B
C#m
Lust in favor, you can win.
Verse 7
D#m
E
And you'll take home
B
C#m
the gold medallion.
D#m
E
And ride the wobbly wave
B
C#m
C#sus4
of fame.
D#m
E
B
C#m
That is why you came.
D#m
E
That is why you came.
Verse 8
B
You gotta be so strong
C#m
You gotta teach your son
D#m
How to stand up straight
E
When you want to run
B
How to carry on
C#m
How to be yourself
D#m
E
To be different, but the same.
Outro 1
That is why you came.
B
E
A
B
E
A
G#m
C#sus4
B
E
B
G#m
C#m
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