Introd: ( C F ) 
 
C                     
  People say I'm crazy 
    F               C 
     doing what I'm doing 
 
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings 
F                  C  
  To save me from ruin 
 F                 Dm 
When I say that I'm o.k., well, they 
G 
look me kind of strange 
F                   Dm 
"Surely, you're not happy now 
       G 
You no longer play the game" 
C  
  People say I'm lazy 
  F            C 
   dreaming my life away 
 
Well, they give all kinds of advies 
F              C 
 Designed to enlighten me 
       F                  Dm 
When I tell them that I'm doing fine 
         G 
Watching shadows on the wall 
F                    Dm 
 "Don't you miss the big time, boy 
           G 
You're no longer on the ball?" 
F         G 
 I'm just sitting here watching 
    C                   Am     F 
the wheels go round and round 
         F7M                Dm    Dm7 
I really love to watch them roll 
G          G7            Am             Am7 Am6   
 No longer riding on the merry-go-round 
F              Fm     C   F C F 
 I just had to let it go 
C  
 People asking questions 
F           C 
 lost in confusion 

Well, I tell them there's no problems 
F        C 
 Only solutions 
           F 
Well, they shake their heads 
    Dm               G 
And look at me as if I've lost my mind 
  F                   Dm 
I tell them there's no hury 
         G             
I'm just sitting here doing time 
F          G 
  I'm just sitting here watching  
    C                   Am  
The wheels go round and round 
F          F7M 
  I really love to watch 
        Dm   Dm7 
   them roll 
G           G7            Am         Am7   Am6 
  No longer riding on the merry-go-round 
F        Fm            C 
  I just had to let it go 
F        Fm            C  
  I just had to let it go...