Intro: G A B G A B G
G A
I've been vindicated
B G
I've been loved and hated
G A F# G
I've been pulled aside and told that life was overrated
G A
No, I don't believe it
B G
I just can't conceive it
G A F# G
I can write all night but in the morning I can't read it
A E
Oh no, don't know what's the matter
G F
Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down
A D
If I don't get what I want
A D
And there ain't enough to go around
A B A B A
become oblivious to the obvious
A B
Just ridiculous
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G A
As I flip the pages
B G
You're a time that's ageless
G A F# G
In between us lies the calm before a storm that rages
A G
Thought we were related
B G
Couldn't be separated
G A F# G
Tried to get ahead but only got decapitated
A D
I don't get what you want
G F
Don't know what's the matter, trying to hang around
A D
If I don't get what I need
G F
Stuck up on a ladder, scared of coming down
A B A B A
We will become oblivious to the obvious
A B
Just dysfunctional
B G
Shut down
F# E
Shut down
F# D
Shut down
Solo:
G F# D F# x2
G F# D B
hit G x4
A D
When I can't get keep from getting down
G F
Looking for a ladder, scared of coming down
A D
And I grow tired of hanging 'round
G F
Don't know what's the matter, trying to hang around
A B A B A
I become invisible, unlivable
A B
Just dysfunctional
B G
Shut down
F# E
Shut down
F# D
Shut down
