[Intro] [E][F#m][A][E] first note of melody is G# of the E chord (first fret on G string)
[Verse 1] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill Of [A] hope for a desti [E] nation I [E] realized quickly when I knew I should That the [F#m] world was made up of this brotherhood Of [A] man, for whatever that [E] means
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E]
[Verse 2] And I [E] try, oh my God, do I [F#m] try I try all the [A] time, in this insti [E] tution And I [E] pray, oh my God, do I [F#m] pray I pray every single [A] day For a revo [E] lution
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] HeyeYEYEYE" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh . [E] ....
[Outro] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill of [A] hope For a destin [E] ation
[Verse 1] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day [G] daddy don't know what he's [Em] done [G] kids don't know whats [Em] wrong with Mum
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 2] [G] black car drives [Em] through the town [G] some guy from the [Em] top estate [G] left a note for a [Em] local girl [G] yet he had it [Em] all on a plate
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 3] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Outro] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em]
[End]
[Notes] [Intro] E --------------------- B ---4--4--4---4--4-4-- G --4--4------4--4----- D -4--4--4---6--6--6--- A --------------------- E ---------------------