
Riddle
Five For Fighting
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Tom : A
F#m 244222
F#m7 244220
D
xx0232
Dsus2
xx0230
Esus4 002200
E 022100
E7sus4 000430
A/G# 402220
[Intro]
A Asus2 Asus4 A (x2)
[Verse 1]
A Asus2 Asus4 A
There was a man back in '95
A Asus2
Whose heart ran out of summers
Asus4 A F#m
But before he died, I asked him
F#m7
Wait, what's the sense in life
D Dsus2 Esus4 E
Come over me, Come over me
[Pre-Hook]
A
He said,
Asus2 Asus4 A
Son why you got to sing that tune
A Asus2 Asus4 A
Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
F#m F#m7
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
D Dsus2 Esus4 E
Then you will see... You will see
[Hook]
D
Then he said,
E
Here's a riddle for you
A F#m7
Find the Answer
D Dsus2 E
There's a reason for the world
A Asus2 Asus4 A (repeat)
You and I
[Verse 2]
A Asus2 Asus4 A
Picked up my kid from school today
A Asus2 Asus4 A
Did you learn anything cause in the world today
F#m F#m7
You can't live in a castle far away
D Dsus2 Esus4 E
Now talk to me, come talk to me
[Pre-Hook]
He said,
A Asus2 Asus4 A
Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small
A Asus2 Asus A
In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all
F#m F#m7
Still every mother's child sings a lonely song
D Dsus2 Esus4 E
So play with me, come play with me
[Hook]
D
And Hey Dad
[Refrão]
E
Here's a riddle for you
Asus2 F#m7
Find the Answer
D E
There's a reason for the world
A Gadd2
You and I
[Verse 3]
I said,
D E
Son for all I've told you
A A/G# F#m
When you get right down to the
D Dsus2 E
Reason for the world...
A Asus2 Asus4 A
Who am I?
[Bridge]
D E A F#m
There are secrets that we still have left to find
D E A G
There have been mysteries from the beginning of time
D E A F#
There are answers we're not wise enough to see
D
E7sus4 E E7sus4 E
He said... You looking for a clue I Love You free
A Asus2 Asus4 A
The batter swings and the summer flies
A Asus2 Asus4 A
As I look into my angel's eyes
F#m7 D
A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me
E
Something comes over me
[Hook]
A Asus2 Asus4 A
I guess we're big and I guess we're small
A Asus2 Asus4 A
If you think about it man you know we got it all
F#m7
Cause we're all we got on this bouncing ball
D
And I love you free
E
I love you freely
[Outro]
[Refrão] (repetir)
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