[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
[Intro - No drums] [Em][Em][C][G] yeah [Em][Em][C][G]
[Verse] You are [Em] my [C] fire [G] The one [Em] desi [C] re [G] Believe [Em] when [C] I [G] say [Em] I want [Em] it [D] that [G] way (drums in) But we [Em] are [C] two [G] worlds a [Em] part Can't [C] reach [G] to your [Em] heart When [C] you [G] say That [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way
[Chorus] Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] heart [Em] ache) Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] mis [Em] take) (Tell me [C] why) I never wanna [D] hear you [G] say ( [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way)
[Verse] Am I [Em] your [C] fi [G] re Your one [Em] des [C] ire [G] Yes I [Em] know, it's [C] too [G] late But [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way
[Chorus] Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] heart [Em] ache) Tell me [C] why (Ain't nothin' but a [D] mis [Em] take) (Tell me [C] why) I never wanna [D] hear you [G] say ( [Em] I want it [D] that [G] way)
[Bridge] [Em] Now I can see that we're fa [G/D] lling apart From the [C] way that it used to [Am] be, ye [D] ah No ma [Em] tter the distance I [G/D] want you to know That [C] deep down inside of [D] me... (Drums stop)
[Verse] You are [Em] my [C] fire [G] The one [Em] desi [C] re [G] (* higher, ** even higher) You [C] are *You are, *you [D] are, (goes higher) you [G] **are are [Em]
[Chorus] [D] (stop) Don't wanna hear you (full drums) [D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache [D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] mist [F#m] take [D] I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say [F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way
[Chorus] Tell me [D] why Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache Tell me [D] why Ain't nothin' but a [E] mis [F#m] take Tell me [D] why I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say [F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way
Tell me [D] why Ain't nothin' but a [E] heart [F#m] ache [D] Ain't nothin' but a [E] mis [F#m] take Tell me [D] why I never wanna [E] hear you [A] say (drums stop) [F#m] I want it [E] that [A] way
