D - D/C# - D/G - D/C# D/C#
D D/B
Oh, woman, tell me what you want
D/A D/G
And I'll calm down without bleeding out D D/A
With a broken heart that you stabbed for an hour
D D/B D/A D/G
Woman, I was freaking out because I want you to know
D D/A
My beloved, you are the lover of my impossible soul
D D/B D/A D/G
Woman, too, promise me you'll stay and put off all your woes
D
I was wigging out, too much worry
D/A
I could not get you at all D D/B
And you said what you want, you would laugh it off
D/A D/G
But I know you won't go, not for it at last D D/A
Must you write it off for the impossible soul?
D D/B D/A D/G
And I was in a dream, I was gone away without you, but not too slow
D D/A
Lest I put it off, for I put it right for the impossible soul
Em D Bm C
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G A
If I could get you at all
G Bm A
Don't be a wreck, trying to be something that I wasn't at all
(verse vamp solo x2)D D/B D/A D/G
Seems I got it wrong, I was chasing after something that was gone
D D/A
To the black of night, now I know it's not what I wanted at all
D D/B
And you said something like, "All you want is all the world for yourself"
D/A D/G
But all I want is the perfect love D D/A
Though I know it's small, I want love for us all
Em D Bm C
And all I couldn't sing, I would say it all, my life, to you
G A G
If I could get you at all
Bm A
Trying to be something that I wasn't at all
[Part II]G Bm
Do you want to be afraid?
A C#m
Do you want to be afraid?
G#m Em Bm
For life in the cage where courage's mate runs deep in the wake
A E
For the scariest things are not half as enslaved
C F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G Bm
Do you want to be alone?
F#m C#m
Do you want to be alone?
G#m Em
For life isn't stained of righteousness pain
Bm A E
The seed and the hail, all impossible flights for an interesting light
C F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G Bm
Do you want to love me more?
F#m Bm
Do you want to love me more?
G#m
For love is the breath
Em
If water and wave
Bm A
Is cursed by the same thing that nurtured its shame
E
Is it worth all the work?
C F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E G
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Bbm A
Have you failed to feel delight? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
C C#m Em
Instead of the life, lived tired and lost, have you left it at last
F#m C#m
Where it floundered its death with the language of ghosts
A F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
E G
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
Bbm A
Do you want to be afraid? (No, I don't want to feel pain)
C
For life in the cage (for life in the cage)
C#m
Where courage's mate (where courage's mate)
Em
Runs deep in the wake (runs deep in the wake)
F#m
For the scariest things (for the scariest things)
C#m
Are not half as enslaved (are not half as enslaved)
Am F
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
Now
E Bm F#m A#m A
G#m D C C#m Em A# F G#
G# C#
Don't be distracted, don't be distracted
G
Now
[Part III] Em DMaj7
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
Em DMaj7
All my delight, all that mattered, I couldn't be at rest
Em DMaj7
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't be at rest
Em DMaj7
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
Em - DMaj7 (x2)
Em
And don't be shy in the window
DMaj7
Come down and give your best
Em DMaj7
Oh, delight in the window I couldn't be at rest
Em DMaj7
Stupid man in the window, I couldn't be at rest
Em DMaj7
From what I liked, from what I gathered, I couldn't give my best
DMaj7 - A Em - DMaj7 - DMaj7
Em D Bm A ]
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to breathe at all ] x3Em D Bm A
Oh, I know it wasn't safe, it wasn't safe to speak at all
D - Em - G - A
D
Em G - A ]
[Part IV]D G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Em A
Put your face together, better get it right
D G
It's a long life, better hit yourself
Em A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
D G
It's a long life, only one last chance
Em A
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D G
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Em A
Get your face together, better stand up straight
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better give love, give love, give love, give love)
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F# Em G A
Boy, we can do much more together; It's not so impossible
D Em Bm A
It's not so impossible
D Em Bm A (muted)
It's not so impossible
D Em
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm A
Get your face together, better roll along
D Em
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
D Em
It's a long life only one last chance
Bm A
Couldn't get much better, do you wanna dance?
D Em
It's a good life, better pinch yourself
D Em
Is it impossible? Is it impossible?
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(Better give love, give love, give love, give love)
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together
A
(better get it right, get it right, get it right, get it right)
D/F# Em G
Boy, we can do much more together;
A
It's not so impossible
G A
It's a long life, better pinch yourself
Bm A/C#
Put your face together, better get it right
D Em
It's a long life, better hit yourself
G A
Put your face together, better stand up straight
G A
In the wrong life, everything is chance
Bm A/C#
Does it register? Do you wanna dance?
D Em
In the right life, it's a miracle
G A
Possibility, do you wanna dance?
Em Bm F#m A
It's not so impossible [x2]Em Bm F#m A(muted)
It's not so impossible
[BASS NOTES: D G Bm A x2]
G D/F# A G ]
D/F# F#m A G ]
G D/F# A G
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)
D/F# Bm F#m G
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)
[return to chords]Em G F#m
Boy, we can do much more together (It's not so impossible)
G Em DMaj7
Boy, we can do much more together
F#m Am C#m A#m
Gm Em Ebm D
F#m Am C#m A#m ]
Gm Em Ebm D ]
F#
Boy
G Em - Bm - Bm x4
G Em Bm
I never meant to cause you pain
G Em Bm
My burden is the weight of a feather
G Em Bm
I never meant to lead you on
G Em Bm
I only meant to please me, however
Cadd2
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Dsus2
Boy, we can do much more
G Em Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
G Em Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
G Em Bm
I'm nothing but a selfish man
G Em Bm
I'm nothing but a privileged brother
G Em Bm
And did you think I'd stay the night?
G Em Bm
And did you think I'd love you forever?
Cadd2
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Dsus2
Boy, we can do much more
G Em Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
G Em Bm
Boy, we can do much more together
C Bm7
I gotta tell you, girl, I want nothing less
Am7 D
Girl, I want nothing less
C Bm7 Bm
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
C Bm7 Bm
Girl, I want nothing less than pleasure
Cadd2
And then you tell me, boy, we can do much more
Dsus2
Boy, we can do much more
G Em Bm
Boy, we made such a mess together
G Em Bm
Boy, we made such a mess together
G Em Bm7
Boy, we made such a mess together
G Em Bm7
