Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: G Verse 1: G Dadd11/F# Cadd9 I've been running around in circles G Dadd11/F# Cadd9 Pretending to be myself G A7sus4 Cadd9 Why would somebody do this on purpose G Dadd11/F# Cadd9 When they could do something else? Em7 Em11/A Cadd9 Drowning out the morning birds G Dsus4 Cadd9 With the same three songs over and over G Dsus4 Cadd9 I wish I wrote it, but I didn't so I learn the words G Dadd11/F# Cadd9 Hum along 'til the feeling's gone forever
Verse 2: Cadd9 G Dsus4 Took a tour to see the stars A7sus4 Cadd9 But they weren't out tonight Cadd9 G Dsus4 So I wished hard on a Chinese satellite Cadd9 G Dsus4 I want to believe Cadd9 G Dsus4 Instead I look at the sky and I feel nothing Cadd9 G Dsus4 You know I hate to be alone Cadd9 I want to be wrong Verse 3: G Dadd11/F# Cadd9 You were screamin' at the Evangelicals G Dsus4 Cadd9 They were screamin' right back from what I remember G Dsus4 Cadd9 When you said I will never be your vegetable G Dadd11/F# Cadd9 Because I think when you're gone it's forever G Cadd9 G But you know I'd stand on the corner Dsus4 A7sus4 Cadd9 Embarrassed with a picket sign Cadd9 G If it meant I would see you Dsus4 When I die Verse 4: Cadd9 G Dsus4 Sometimes when I can't sleep Cadd9 G Dsus4 It's just a matter of time before I'm hearing things Cadd9 G Dsus4 Swore I could feel you through the walls Dsus4 But that's impossible Cadd9 G Dsus4 I want to believe Cadd9 G Dsus4 That if I go outside I'll see a tractor beam Cadd9 G Dsus4 Coming to take me to where I'm from Dsus4 Em11/A Cadd9 I want to go home End on Cadd9