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.