Key: E
Introduction: E A E A
E A
I could tell you the wildest of tales
B A E
My friend the giant and travelling sales
E A
Tell you all the times that I failed
B
The years all behind me
A E
The stories excelled.
C#m E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A E
This isn't how I go
E A
I could tell you of a man not so tall
B A E
Who said life's a circus and so we are small
E A
Tell you of a girl that I saw
B A E
I froze in the moment and she changed it all
C#m E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A C#m
This isn't how I go
E
Hurry now
B
Lay me down
A B C#m A E
And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B C#m A E
Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
C#m B A E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m E A B
But every story I have told is part of meeeee
E A
And you keep the air in my lungs
B A E
Floating along as a melody comes
E A
And my heart beats like timpani drums
B A E
Keeping the time while a symphony strums
C#m E
And I'm drying out
B
Crying out
A C#m
This isn't how I go
E
Hurry now
B
Lay me down
A B C#m A E
And let these waters flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B C#m A E
Flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B C#m A E
Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
B C#m A E
Let it flow...ohhh..oohh..ooooh
C#m B A E
Son I am not everything you thought that I would be
C#m E A B
But every story I have told is part of me
C#m B A E
Son I leave you now but you have so much more to do
C#m E A B
And every story I have told is part of you
(riff)