This is both the intro and the phrase played over all the verses.
[D5] [Bm7] [Asus4]
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[D5] Not [Bm7]been here since [Asus4]I was a boy
[D5] The [Bm7]sky unwrapped, the [Asus4]world my toy
[D5] A [Bm7]movie reel a [Asus4]million miles long
[D5] [Bm7]On and on...[Asus4]
[G]Scene after scene passes [F#m]by my life
[G]The window's a wound. The [F#m]road is a [E7sus4]knife
[G]The irony, ask me, [F#m]'where have you been?'
[G]I don't know, I don't know
Because I [F#m]don't know [E7sus4]where to begin
[D5] [Bm7]Too much to do, [Asus4]too much to see
[D5] [Bm7]Pictures to take, [Asus4]people to meet
[D5] [Bm7]When there's so much [Asus4]space in between
[D5] [Bm7]It over[Asus4]whelms me
[G]Scene after scene passes [F#m]by my life
[G]The window's a wound. The [F#m]road is a [E7sus4]knife
[G]The irony, ask me, [F#m]'where have you been?'
[G]I don't know, I don't know
Because I [F#m]don't know [E7sus4]where to begin
(bridge)
[Bm7] [Asus4] [Bm7] [Asus4]
[Bm7] [Asus4] [Bm7] [Asus4]
[Bm7] [F#m] [G]
[D5] Not [Bm7]been here since [Asus4]I was a boy
[D5] [Bm7]Now heart full of fear and a [Asus4]mask of painted joy
[D5] [Bm7]So much for these [Asus4]youthful eyes to see
[D5] [Bm7]So much for peace [Asus4]and tranquility
[G]One Prairie Outpost, you are [F#m]how I feel...
[G]Alone in a flatland 'tween the [F#m]dream and the [E7sus4]real
[G]The irony, ask me, [F#m]'where have you been?'
[G]I don't know, I don't know
Because I [F#m]don't know [E7sus4]where to begin
[D5] [Bm7] [Asus4]
[D5] [Bm7] [Asus4]
D5 Bm7 Asus4 D5 (ring)
I don't know where to begin
[D5] [Bm7] [Asus4]
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[D5] Not [Bm7]been here since [Asus4]I was a boy
[D5] The [Bm7]sky unwrapped, the [Asus4]world my toy
[D5] A [Bm7]movie reel a [Asus4]million miles long
[D5] [Bm7]On and on...[Asus4]
[G]Scene after scene passes [F#m]by my life
[G]The window's a wound. The [F#m]road is a [E7sus4]knife
[G]The irony, ask me, [F#m]'where have you been?'
[G]I don't know, I don't know
Because I [F#m]don't know [E7sus4]where to begin
[D5] [Bm7]Too much to do, [Asus4]too much to see
[D5] [Bm7]Pictures to take, [Asus4]people to meet
[D5] [Bm7]When there's so much [Asus4]space in between
[D5] [Bm7]It over[Asus4]whelms me
[G]Scene after scene passes [F#m]by my life
[G]The window's a wound. The [F#m]road is a [E7sus4]knife
[G]The irony, ask me, [F#m]'where have you been?'
[G]I don't know, I don't know
Because I [F#m]don't know [E7sus4]where to begin
(bridge)
[Bm7] [Asus4] [Bm7] [Asus4]
[Bm7] [Asus4] [Bm7] [Asus4]
[Bm7] [F#m] [G]
[D5] Not [Bm7]been here since [Asus4]I was a boy
[D5] [Bm7]Now heart full of fear and a [Asus4]mask of painted joy
[D5] [Bm7]So much for these [Asus4]youthful eyes to see
[D5] [Bm7]So much for peace [Asus4]and tranquility
[G]One Prairie Outpost, you are [F#m]how I feel...
[G]Alone in a flatland 'tween the [F#m]dream and the [E7sus4]real
[G]The irony, ask me, [F#m]'where have you been?'
[G]I don't know, I don't know
Because I [F#m]don't know [E7sus4]where to begin
[D5] [Bm7] [Asus4]
[D5] [Bm7] [Asus4]
D5 Bm7 Asus4 D5 (ring)
I don't know where to begin