Originally in Ebm, I play in Am capo 3
Intro
| Am | G |
| x4 |
| Am | |
| It starts with | one thing I don’t know why |
| G | |
| It | doesn’t even matter how hard you try |
| F |
| Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme |
| G | |
| To | explain in due time |
| Am | |
| All I kno | w, time is a valuable thing |
| G |
| Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings |
| F |
| Watch it count down to the end of the day |
| G | |
| The clock t | icks life away |
| Am | |
| It’s so unr | eal, didn’t look out below |
| G |
| Watch the time go right out the window |
| F |
| Trying to hold on, but ya didn’t even know |
| G | |
| Or | wasted it all just to |
| Am | |
| Watch you | go, I kept everything inside |
| G | |
| And even t | hough I tried, it all fell apart |
| F |
| What it meant to me will eventually be |
| G | |
| A memor | y of a time when |
Vox on the 2 on “hard” (!)
| Am | C | |
| I tried so | hard and got so | far |
| G | F | |
| But in the | end it doesn’t even | matter |
| Am | C | |
| I had to | fall to lose it | all |
| G | F | |
| But in the | end it doesn’t even | matter |
| Am |
| One thing, I don’t know why |
| G | |
| It | doesn’t even matter how hard you try |
| F |
| Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme |
| G | |
| To | remind myself how |
| Am | |
| I tried so | hard, in spite of the way you were mocking me |
| G |
| Acting like I was part of your property |
| F |
| Remembering all the times you fought with me |
| G | Am |
| I’m surprised it got so ( | far) |
| Am |
| Things aren’t the way they were before |
| G |
| You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore |
| F |
| Not that you knew me back then but |
| G | |
| It a | ll comes back to me |
| Am | |
| In the | end you kept everything inside |
| G | |
| And even | though I tried, it all fell apart |
| F |
| What it meant to me will eventually be |
| G | |
| A memor | y of a time when |
| Am | C | |
| I tried so | hard and got so | far |
| G | F | |
| But in the | end it doesn’t even | matter |
| Am | C | |
| I had to | fall to lose it | all |
| G | F | |
| But in the | end it doesn’t even | matter |
Bridge
Vox on the 7 of the chord on “trust”
| Am | G | |
| I’ve put my | trust in | you |
| F | G | |
| Pushed as | far as I can g | o |
| Am | |
| And for all t | his |
| G | F | G | |
| There’s only | one thing you should | know |
Now vox on the 3 of the chord on “trust”
| Am | C | |
| I’ve put my | trust in | you |
| G | F | |
| Pushed as | far as I can | go |
| Am | |
| And for all t | his |
| C | G | F | |
| There’s only | one thing you should | know |
| Am | C | |
| I tried so | hard and got so | far |
| G | F | |
| But in the | end it doesn’t even | matter |
| Am | C | |
| I had to | fall to lose it | all |
| G | F | |
| But in the | end it doesn’t even | matter |
| Am | G |
| x4 |