Tom: D Intro: (2x) D5 A/C# C Bm D5 A/C# C G/B Verse: (2x) D5 A/C# C Bm/G I'm so alive I'm so enlightened I can D5 A/C# C G/B barely survive A night in my mind D5 A/C# C Bm/G So I've got a plan I'm gonna find out just how D5 A/C# C G/B boring I am And have a good time Chorus: D5 A/C# 'Cause ever since I tried?, trying not to find C Bm/G Every little meaning in my life D5 A/C# It's been fine, I've been cool C G/B With my new golden rule D Now it's the new deep Bm Down with the old me Em7 Talk is the same cheap A It's been Middle-tro: D5 A/C# C Bm/G D5 A/C# C G/B Verse: (2x) D5 A/C# C Bm/G Is there a guy Why is he waiting D5 A/C# C G/B Don't you figure it out When he knows my address D5 A/C# C Bm/G And look at the stars Don't they remind you D5 A/C# C G/B Just how feeble we are Well it used to I guess Chorus: D5 A/C# 'Cause ever since I tried?, trying not to find C Bm/G Every little meaning in my life D5 A/C# It's been fine, I've been cool C G/B With my new golden rule D Now it's the new deep Bm Down with the old me Em7 Talk is the same cheap A It's been Bridge: (4x) D/F# D4/G D/B A I'm a new man I wear a new cologne D/F# D4/G D/B A And you wouldn't know me If your eyes were closed D/F# D4/G D/B A I know what you'd say This will last longer than D/F# D4/G D/B A the rest of the day But you're wrong this time You're wrong C5 Chorus: D Now it's the new deep Bm Down with the old me Em7 A I'm over the analyzing tonight Em D/F# Stop trying to figure it out (you try to figure, you try to figure it out) G A It will only bring you down Em D/F# You know I used to be the back-porch-poet with my book of lines, always G open No and all the time I'm probably A Never gonna find the perfect rhyme D5 For heavier things Outro: (Fade) A/C# C Bm/G D5 A/C# C G/B The intro and verses can also be played like this: Tempo (BPM): 73