Bm7 E|-------------| B|------3p0----| G|----0--------| 4x D|--4----------| A|-------------| E|-------------| C9 E|------0--------| B|----------0----| 4x G|--------0---0--| D|----2----------| A|--3------------| E|---------------| ( Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9 ) ( Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9 ) Bm7 Everybody knows that C9 Life is what you make of it Bm7 And now everything is perfect C9 But we're the ones who are struggling around Bm7 Soon it will be daybreak C9 People posing questions are aroused Bm7 When will you get married? C9 When will you go find a proper job? Bm7 Am But in this life Bm7 We might not know where we're going Bm7 Bb5 Am We try to say the words they want to hear Bm7 Bb5 Am But it's only a lie to bide the time Am Before we move on own ( G5 F#5 D5 ) ( G5 F#5 D5 ) ( G5 F#5 D5 ) ( G5 A5 B5 ) ( G5 F#5 D5 G5 F#5 D5 ) ( G5 F#5 D5 G5 F#5 D5 ) Bm7 Sentimental musings C9 Memories of a childhood that has passed Bm7 When I was a young'un C9 Things were once like this C9 But now they're not Bm7 How do you explain that C9 This map that we've chosen is unmarked? Bm7 All we see is ocean C9 All directions are uncharted isles Bm7 Am But in this life Bm7 We might not know where we're going Bm7 Bb5 Am We try to say the words they want to hear Bm7 Bb5 Am But it's only a lie to bide the time Am Before we move on own ( Bm7 C9 ) Bm7 Am But in this life Bm7 We might not know where we're going Bm7 Bb5 Am We try to say the words they want to hear Bm7 Bb5 Am But it's only a lie to bide the time Am Before we move on own Bm7 Am But in this life Bm7 We might not know where we're going Bm7 Bb5 Am We try to say the words they want to hear Bm7 Bb5 Am But it's only a lie to bide the time Am G Before we move on own