Key: C major
Intro 1
A
D
G
A
D
G
F#m
Bm
Bsus4
A
D
G
A
F#
Verse 1
B
F#
G#sus4
There's no time to phone home
When you're racin',
G#
C#sus4
you're on time
You contemplate,
G#m
F#
you gotta wait your own turn
Verse 2
B
G#sus4
Up the noise with some poison,
G#
with great poise
C#sus4
You can't compare it too,
G#m
or let it scare you through
C#
If everything you do is not as smoothly
F#
B
G#m
B
as we planned
G#m
You gotta understand:
D
Bm
D
There is more for you.
Bm
F#m
D
F#dim
D
But all you gotta do, oo h
Verse 3
Bm
Is put yourself with the people
F#m
They're the ones who make
the world spin
Bm
F#m
Bm
A
Bm
Lust in favor, you can win.
Verse 4
C#m
D
And you'll take home
A
Bm
the gold medallion
C#m
D
A
Bm
And ride the wobbly wave of fame.
C#m
D
A
Bm
That is why you came
C#m
D
Em
That is why you
Verse 5
F#
Came to your senses
B
To feel it out
G#sus4
G#
And try to kill off every dial
C#sus4
Your mother worries,
G#m
F#
but no one worries quite like you.
B
G#sus4
And when you start you must
F#
G#
rely on your own heart.
C#sus4
G#m
Cause nothing works the same or takes
the blame or wins the game
C#
With your head in your hands
in the pouring rain
F#
B
G#m
B
I want to see you as you are.
G#m
Like a lonely star.
D
Bm
There is more for you.
D
F#m
D
F#m
D
But all you gotta do, ooh
Verse 6
Bm
Is put yourself with the people.
F#m
They're the ones who make
the world spin.
Bm
F#m
Bm
A
Bm
Lust in favor, you can win.
Verse 7
C#m
D
And you'll take home
A
Bm
the gold medallion.
C#m
D
And ride the wobbly wave
A
Bm
Bsus4
of fame.
C#m
D
A
Bm
That is why you came.
C#m
D
That is why you came.
Verse 8
A
You gotta be so strong
Bm
You gotta teach your son
C#m
How to stand up straight
D
When you want to run
A
How to carry on
Bm
How to be yourself
C#m
D
To be different, but the same.
Outro 1
That is why you came.
A
D
G
A
D
G
F#m
Bsus4
A
D
A
F#m
Bm
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