Verse 1Fmaj7Trying to get to sleep
Am7You're solving a Gm7mystery
Fmaj7The answers are far away
Am7And they'll never Gm7see the light of dFmaj7ay
Pre-ChorusAnd the voice is getting Gm7loud
Self-pity and Am7doubt
And part of you is Gm7proud
But you won't get Fmaj7over
But you Gm7try, but you Am7try, but you Gm7tryChorusBbmaj7Like something from Am7an old Greek tragedGm7y
Can't conceive of Fmaj7anything that ain't HollywoBbmaj7od
One doesn't have Eb7a happy endiFmaj7ng
But either way you got to pGm7lay your partPost-ChorusFmaj7Gm7Am7But either way you got to Gm7play your part
Verse 2Fmaj7So long as the sun exists
Am7To cast shadows Gm7on ourselveFmaj7s
The shadow has all to teAm7ll
For which we have Gm7such a bitter neFmaj7edPre-ChorusTo look at every tGm7urn
We're never gonna lAm7earn
It's always gonna hGm7urt
And we won't get oFmaj7ver
But we Gm7try, but we Am7try, but we tGm7ryChorusBbmaj7Like something from Am7an old Greek tragedGm7y
Can't conceive of Fmaj7anything that ain't HollywoBbmaj7od
One doesn't have Eb7a happy endiFmaj7ng
But either way you got to pGm7lay your partHookAnd tBbmaj7ry,Am7I'm an Gm7optimist when I see Fmaj7pigs fly
Bbmaj7 Ebma7 Fmaj7 Gm7
And try,but either way you got to play your part
Verse 3Fmaj7Always to Gm7run away
Am7You call it a Gm7holiday
Fmaj7You see your surrGm7oundings change
Am7But then you feel Gm7such a bitter neFmaj7ed
Pre-ChorusTo look at your own Gm7worth
Can't blame it on the wAm7orld
And no one but yoursGm7elf
And you won't get Fmaj7over
But you Gm7try, but you Am7try, but you Gm7tryBridgeAm7Stop taking it Dm7out on all those arBbmaj7ound
You're letting it Gm/Croll straight back Am7downDm7
You're trF7ying to push that rock back up the hillChorusBbmaj7Like something from Am7an old Greek tragedGm7y
Can't conceive of Fmaj7anything that ain't HollywoBbmaj7od
One doesn't have Eb7a happy endiFmaj7ng
But either way you got to pGm7lay your partHookAnd tBbmaj7ry,Am7I'm an Gm7optimist when I see Fmaj7pigs fly
And Bbmaj7try,Eb7Fmaj7but either way you got to Gm7play your part
And tBbmaj7ry,Am7I'm an Gm7optimist when I see Fmaj7pigs fly
And Bbmaj7try,Eb7Fmaj7but either way you got to Gm7play your part
OutroFmaj7Am7But either way you got to pGm7lay your part
Fmaj7Am7But either way you got to pGm7lay your part
Fmaj7Gm7Am7Gm7