Key: D
Introduction:
D Am
verse 1
Dm
How can the grim reaper creep
Am
If he really doesn't have the time?
Dm
And how long would you sleep
Am
If the sun decided not to shine?
verse 2
Dm
There's a man who lives up the block
Am
He doesn't even own a clock
Dm
Sometimes he stays awake for days
Am C G D
He's doin' it his own way
C G D
I used to give my friends a call
C G D
Now there's no one left at all
C G D
I think my father used to say
C G
"There's got to be a different way
F Em
To make myself feel okay"
D
Or maybe that's just how he used to pray
Bridge
D Am D Am
verse 3
Dm
And who cares how people live
Am
If living's all they got?
Dm
And who knows how money grows?
Am
Drop a nickel in a pot
verse 4
Dm
I wrote a letter down to you
Am
Like I'm Sullivan Ballou
Dm
It's a recipe for blue
Am C G D
Like it's 1862
C G D
Maybe I'm just a castaway
C G D
Or a poor boy led astray
C G D
There's no one left here to betray
C G
The only child of the earth
F Em
Nobody left here to give birth
Dm
It's hard to tell now what that's worth
Solo
C G D
I used to look up at the sky
C G D
Up at the beautiful blue sky
C G D
But now the earth has turned to gray
C G
There's got to be a better way
F Em
To talk to God and hear her say
D
"There are reasons why it is this way"