Intro:
Dm , C, F, G, B, C
Dm , C, F, G, B, C
[F]If all this is [Am]easy and all that we [Dm]need
we've fallen be[B]hind, we've fallen be[F]hin[C]d
[F]you can dig all you [Am]like and make a big [Dm]pile
and sing all the [B]while, and sing all the w[F]hil[C]e
[Dm]But you're just a [C]boy who strummed the right [F]chord
[Dm]and I'm just a [C]boy who [F]gave an ear
[Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's alr[B]ight, [F]I'm shedding my [C]skin instead of these [F]tears
[F]Swimming al[Am]one and torn in be[Dm]tween
life in a [B]dream or life on a s[F]trin[C]g
[F]living a[Am]top our own little [Dm]hills
perched for the [B]kill, we're perched for the [F]kil[C]l
[Dm]and you're just a [C]boy who strummed the right [F]chord
[Dm]and I'm just a [C]boy who [F]gave an ear
[Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's alr[B]ight, [F]I'm shedding my [C]skin instead of these [F]tears
Instrumental:
Dm , C, F, G, B, C
F, C, Dm , B, F, C
F, C, Dm , B, F, C
[F]If love was the [Am]light first seen at our [Dm]birth
and then all the [B]earth, and then all the [F]eart[C]h
[F]how can it [Am]fall so far be[Dm]hind
try to re[B]mind me, and I'll try to [F]remin[C]d
[Dm]But you're just a [C]boy who strummed the right [F]chord
[Dm]and I'm just a [C]boy who [F]gave an ear
[Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's al[B]right, [Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's al[B]right, [Am]writ[B]e [Am] [B]
Dm , C, F, G, B, C
Dm , C, F, G, B, C
[F]If all this is [Am]easy and all that we [Dm]need
we've fallen be[B]hind, we've fallen be[F]hin[C]d
[F]you can dig all you [Am]like and make a big [Dm]pile
and sing all the [B]while, and sing all the w[F]hil[C]e
[Dm]But you're just a [C]boy who strummed the right [F]chord
[Dm]and I'm just a [C]boy who [F]gave an ear
[Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's alr[B]ight, [F]I'm shedding my [C]skin instead of these [F]tears
[F]Swimming al[Am]one and torn in be[Dm]tween
life in a [B]dream or life on a s[F]trin[C]g
[F]living a[Am]top our own little [Dm]hills
perched for the [B]kill, we're perched for the [F]kil[C]l
[Dm]and you're just a [C]boy who strummed the right [F]chord
[Dm]and I'm just a [C]boy who [F]gave an ear
[Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's alr[B]ight, [F]I'm shedding my [C]skin instead of these [F]tears
Instrumental:
Dm , C, F, G, B, C
F, C, Dm , B, F, C
F, C, Dm , B, F, C
[F]If love was the [Am]light first seen at our [Dm]birth
and then all the [B]earth, and then all the [F]eart[C]h
[F]how can it [Am]fall so far be[Dm]hind
try to re[B]mind me, and I'll try to [F]remin[C]d
[Dm]But you're just a [C]boy who strummed the right [F]chord
[Dm]and I'm just a [C]boy who [F]gave an ear
[Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's al[B]right, [Am]writ[B]e, [Am]it's al[B]right, [Am]writ[B]e [Am] [B]