A E A E A Maybe you talk too high, man. E A Maybe I talk too slow. E C#m But you've got to live a little bit faster F# A 'cause you've got a little less time to go. E A E A I ain't lost and I ain't searching, E A but then you know me very well. E B/D# And I can't change the wind C#m and make it blow the other way. F#m A E I'm a fool and I can tell... F# B ... that I'm alive and that's all, F# B that I can get up just as fast as I fall. F# B And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl. F# B And in the end it doesn't matter at all. E A I don't know about the peo ple B A that I read about in books. E A And the kings and queens around my room B A with their quiet and dirty looks. E A B I know I should be go ing somewhere, A I just can't arrive. E A There's a reason for believ ing E that I've never been alive. E A Alive. A E A E A I ain't lost and I ain't searching, E A but then you know me very well. E B/D# And I can't change the world C#m and make it go the other way. F# A E I'm a fool and I can tell... F# B ... that I'm alive and that's all, F# B that I can get up just as fast as I fall. F# B And I can walk and run but I'll never crawl. F# B And in the end it doesn't matter at all. E A I don't know about the peo ple B A that I read about in books. E A And the kings and queens around my room B A with their quiet and dirty looks. E A B I know I should be go ing somewhere, A I just can't arrive. E A There's a reason for believ ing E that I've never been alive. E A/E I know I should be go ing somewhere, B/D# A I just can't arrive. E A There's a reason for believ ing B7 A that I've never been alive. E A E Alive, alive.