Rubato, piano only
| C | E7 | Am | D | Cadd9 |
| C | E | Am | Am |
| Ba ba da ba |
| C | E | Am | Am |
| Ba ba da ba |
| C | E | Am |
| Beauty queens and | libertines and | beggars on their benches |
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| They | go to sleep and | dream like you and | I |
| C | E | Am |
| Billionaires behi | nd their walls and | soldiers in their trenches |
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| We’re | all just looking | for a reason | why |
| C | E | Am | |
| To get out of | bed in the | morning (ah, ah | ) |
| C | E | Am | |
| To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits |
| C | E | Am | |
| ‘Cause sometimes | reality’s | boring (ah, ah | ) |
| C | E | Am | |
| And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it | is |
| C | E | Am |
| Everyb | ody’s gotta | live (yes, they do) |
| C | E | Am |
| And everyb | ody’s gonna | die |
| C | E | Am |
| Everyb | ody try to have a, | a good time |
| C | E | Am |
| I think you | know the reason why |
| C | E | Am | |
| So | pour a drink, or | have a smoke, ‘cause | we all got our vices |
| C | E | Am | |
| Just | doing what we | need to to get | by |
| C | E | Am |
| Wear a dress, your | Sunday best, what | ever you feel nice in |
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| ‘Cause | god knows we all | need a reason | why |
| C | E | Am | |
| To get out of | bed in the | morning (ah, ah | ) |
| C | E | Am | |
| To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits |
| C | E | Am | |
| ‘Cause sometimes | reality’s | boring (ah, ah | ) |
| C | E | Am | |
| And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it | is |
| C | E | Am |
| Everyb | ody’s gotta | live (yes, they do) |
| C | E | Am |
| And everyb | ody’s gonna | die |
| C | E | Am |
| Everyb | ody try to have a, | a good time |
| C | E | Am |
| I think you | know the reason why |
| C | E | Am |
| Taxi cars and | prison bars, and | history repeating |
| C | E | Am | |
| We | build our little | boxes, you and | I |
| C | E | Am | |
| So | cross your heart or | read your cards, what | ever you believe in |
| C | E | Am | |
| ‘Cause | god knows we all | need a reason | why |
| C | E | Am | |
| To get out of | bed in the | morning |
| C | E | Am | |
| To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits |
| C | E | Am | |
| ‘Cause sometimes | reality’s | boring |
| C | E | Am | |
| And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it | is |
| C | E | Am |
| Everyb | ody’s gotta | live (yes, they do) |
| C | E | Am |
| And everyb | ody’s gonna | die |
| C | E | Am |
| Everyb | ody try to have a, | a good time |
| C | E | Am |
| I think you | know the reason why |
| C | E | Am | |
| To get out of | bed in the | morning (everybody’s gotta | live) |
| C | E | Am | |
| To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits (everybody’s gotta live) |
| C | E | Am | |
| ‘Cause sometimes | reality is | boring (everybody’s gotta | live) |
Last chord is implied
| C | E | Am | |
| And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it i | s |