Tom: E
E5 E Bsus4
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There's a plane and I am flying
Dadd9 C A5 A#5 B5
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There's a mountain waiting for me
E Bsus4
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Oh these years have been so trying
Dadd9 A5 A#5 B5
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I don't know if I can use them
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Am I strong enough To be the one?
Dadd9 C A5 A#5 B5
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Will I live to have some children?
Chorus 1:
E
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
B/D#
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
G#m C#m
If I only knew the answer
C#m A B A B
I wouldn't be bothering you, Father
E
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
B
Help me get down
Cm
I can make it
Help me get down
C#m B
If I only knew the answer
A Am
And if all our days are numbered
E
Then why do I keep counting?
Interlude:
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Verse:
C#5
My sugar sweet
A D#5
Is so atainable
G#5 C#5 F#5 B5
This behaviour so unexplainable
C5 C#5 A5
The days just slip and slide
D#5
Like they always did
G#5 C#5
The trouble is my head
F# F#m B
Won't let me forget
Bridge:
F# G#
I took one last good look around
C#m B A G#m
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So many unusual sounds
F#m Gm G#m A A# B B*
I gotta get my feet on the ground
Chorus:
Help me get down
I can make it (pick slide)
E
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
B/D#
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
G#m C#m
If I only knew the answer
A B A B
I wouldn't be bothering you, Father
E
Help me get down
I can make
Help me get down
B
Help me get down
Cm
I can make it
Help me get down
C#m B
If I only knew the answer
A Am Asus4
And if all our days are numbered
E B Cm
Would you help me get down?
C#m B
If I only knew the answer
E A
If I change my way of living
F#m B
And If I pave my streets with the good times
E A
Will the mountain keep on giving?
C#m B A
And if all of our days are numbered
E Am6/C
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Outro:
Then why do I keep counting?
E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E
