| Am | D | Am | D |
| Am | D | Am | D | |
| Hear me | out for I was | joyful once like | everyone |
| Am | D | G | C | |
| Hear me | out I must have | changed some time and | all at once 'Cause it |
| Am | D | Am | D | |
| Seems that nothing | stays the same as | such unless it's | me |
| Am | D | G | |
| Yeah nothing | stays the same but | me |
| Am | C | Am | D | Am | |
| Well I have | toiled and I have | tamed con | stricted and con | strained |
| D | G | C | Am | |
| Just to | learn about how | everyone is the | same |
| C | Am | D | Am | |
| When I am | old and I am | lame act | ruthlessly and | strange |
| D | G | C | |
| Ask me | then what I have | gained from almost | everyone |
| Am | D | Am | D | Am | D | G | C | |
| oh ho | oh ho | oh ho | oh ho |
| Am | D | Am | D | |
| Hear me | out for I had | everything in | deed |
| Am | D | G | |
| Hear me | out I must have | changed |
| Am | C | Am | D | Am | |
| Well I have | toiled and I have | tamed con | stricted and con | strained |
| D | G | C | Am | |
| Just to | learn about how | everyone is the | same |
| C | Am | D | Am | |
| When I am | old and I am | lame act | ruthlessly and | strange |
| D | G | C | Am | |
| Ask me | then what I have | gained from almost | everyon | e |
| Am | D | Am | D | Am | D | G | C | |
| oh ho | oh ho | oh ho | oh ho |
| Am | D | Am | D | Am | D | G | C | |
| oh ho | oh ho | oh ho | oh ho |
| Am | D | Am | D | |
| Hear me | out for I was | joyful once like | everyone |
| Am | D | G | |
| Hear me | out I must have | changed |