Hudson Taylor

Second Best

Hudson Taylor


Tom: Am

Intro: Am,F, C, F (x2)


Verse 1:
        Am
All the people all around us
        F
Talking to and all about us
         C
It’s the same
           G
It will go away

        Am
Are you trying to be helpful?
        F                           C
Are you sleeping in the devils company?
     G
Possibly

Chorus:
Am
Don’t wake me up 
        F
I’m not sleeping
        C              G
I’m not asking for any rest
Am                  F
And as long as I am breathing
        C                 G
I won’t settle for second best


Interlude: Am,F, C, F


Verse 2:
       Am
We can teach ourselves the lessons
           F                           C
And we can change it any second of the day
           G
We used to say

        Am
Are you trying to be helpful?
        F                           C
Are you sleeping in the devils company?
     G
Possibly


Chorus:
Am                       F
Don’t wake me up I’m not sleeping
        C              G
I’m not asking for any rest
Am                  F
And as long as I am breathing
        C                 G
I won’t settle for second best


Interlude: Am, F, C, F (x2)
(Slower) Am, F, C, F (x2)


Bridge:
Am                 F
Love the life that we don’t have
  C                 F
I wouldn’t change a thing
Am                    F
Not much but we don’t mind 
  C                 F
I wouldn’t change a thing
Am                 F
Love the life that we don’t have
C                    F
I wouldn’t change at all
Am           F
Not much but we don’t mind
C                    F
I wouldn’t change at all


Chorus:
Am                       F
Don’t wake me up I’m not sleeping
        C              G
I’m not asking for any rest
Am                  F
And as long as I am breathing
        C                 G
I won’t settle for second best


Chorus:
Am                       F
Don’t wake me up I’m not sleeping
        C              G
I’m not asking for any rest
Am                  F
And as long as I am breathing
        C                 G
I won’t settle for second best


C                      G
I’m not asking for any rest