Key: A minor
Intro 1
Bm
G
A
F#m
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F#m
A
Em
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A
F#m
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G
Em
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F#m
Verse 1
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Bm
A
I've been checking out the structure of all I have done
Bm
It ain't what I expected
but it's what I become
A
G
The stress I've created
from the lie of my game
Bm
Is not on the contract signed
A
with my name
G
Spoke to a prophet who was
Bm
F#m
bored with the job
A
Keep singin' and dancin'
he'd be telling them off
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As soon as you're elected you're gon
Bm
na be rejected
All you've got is the moment
G
'Cause everything
Verse 2
A
F#m
changes
A
F#m
G
A
'Cause everything changes
Verse 3
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A
I'm sitting on an anthill here at the top
F#m
A
My head's become so
Bm
swollen I expect it to pop
A
G
I'm looking for a hole in the
A
wall of my spell
There's gotta be a way a
Bm
path to the way outta hell
A
G
My plane's about to crash,
F#m
I've been flyin' too high
A
All that I can to now is surrender or die
G
If there's anything I wanna
A
say or want you to do
Keep livin' in the moment
Verse 4
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A
F#m
Live in the moment
A
G
(moment)
A
G
Life is for living in the moment
A
G
A
Live in the moment
(moment)
Bm
G
F#m
A
G
Because it lives for you,
A
yeah
Interlude 1
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A
G
A
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F#m
A
G
Em
A
F#m
Verse 5
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My life's so exciting there is
A
F#m
no life at all
A
I'm trying to ride a tidal wave
but can't help but fall
G
Suspended animation,
Bm
F#m
I'm a puppet on a string
A
A canary in a cage expected to sing
G
A
Yo- yo momma, here I am at the top
And your little Johnny boy
ain't ever gonna flop
G
I try to keep my face while I'm
Bm
F#m
keeping up the pace
Bm
I'm livin' in the moment
A
'Cause everything changes
Verse 6
G
(Ski, ba- boo,
A
dee- bee- ba- ba- do)
Bm
(Ske, ba- ba- do, do- do,
yeh- yeh)
G
'Cause everything changes
(Sku- ba- doo- doo- de- be- be- yu- ge- de-
Bm
A
re, yu- ge- de- re, yu- ge- de- re)
(Ske, ba- ba- do, ba- ba- do)
Verse 7
G
Yeah, I've looked everywhere
Bm
and I still haven't found
F#m
A new way of livin' that's
A
Bm
wholesome and sound
G
Where speaking is wordless
Bm
and closed eyes can see
Where all is at peace and we all can
G
be free (yeah)
Bm
Everybody's speakin',
F#m
yet nobody talks
Bm
And everybody's shakin'
A
and awalkin' that walk
G
Unspeakable treasures
A
begin to unfold
Bm
A
From stayin' in the moment
Verse 8
G
A
F#m
Live in the moment
A
G
(moment)
A
G
Life is for living in the moment
A
G
A
Live in the moment
(moment)
Bm
G
F#m
G
Em
A
Because it lives for you, yeah
Interlude 2
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F#m
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G
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F#m
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G
F#m
A
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Em
F#m
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A
Em
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A
F#m
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G
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G
F#m
Em
A
F#m
Live in the
Verse 9
G
A
F#m
moment
A
G
('cause everything changes)
A
G
Life is for living in the moment (yeah, '
A
G
cause everything changes)
A
Live in the moment (moment)
Bm
G
A
F#m
Em
A
Because it lives for you, yeah
F#m
Verse 10
G
(Ski, ba- boo,
dee- bee- ba- ba- do)
A
Bm
(Ske, ba- ba- do, do- do,
yeh- yeh)
A
Bm
G
(Sku- ba- doo- doo- de- be- be- yu- ge- de-
re, yu- ge- de- re, yu- ge- de- re)
A
(Ske, ba- ba- do) Yeah,
Bm
A
G
'cause everything changes
A
Bm
(Ske, ba- ba- do)
Em
Yeah, everything changes
Bm
(Sku- ba- doo- doo- de- be- be- yu- ge-
G
de- re, yu- ge- de- re, yu- ge- de- re)
(Ske, ba- ba- do, ba- ba- do)
Bm
Live
Verse 11
Em
A
F#m
in the moment
Bm
G
A
G
(moment)
A
Bm
Life is for living in the moment
Em
G
A
Bm
Live in the moment
(moment)
Em
Because it lives for you, yeah
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