| C *example* |
e|-------0-----| B|----------1--| G|-------------| D|---2----2----| A|-3---3-------| E|-------------|
| Intro: C G Bm C |
| C | G | |
| Its | four in the | afternoon |
| Bm | C | |
| I'm on a | flight leaving L | A |
| C | G | |
| Trying to think a | bout my life |
| Bm | C | |
| My | youth scattered along the hi | ghway |
| Am | Em | |
| Hotel rooms in | headlights |
| G | D | |
| I've made a living with a | song |
| Em | C | |
| Just a | guitar as my compan | ion |
| G | D | |
| Wanting | desperately to be | loved |
| Em | D | G | |
| Fame | is filled with | spoiled children |
| Em | D | G | Em | |
| They grow | fat on fan | tasy |
| D | G | |
| I guess that's why I'm | leaving |
| D | |
| I crave reality |
---vvv---Chorus
| G | C | D | G | |
| So | good | bye | Alice in | Wonderland |
| C | D | |
| Good | bye yellow brick | road |
| G | C | D | G | |
| There is a | difference between | dreaming and | pretending |
| Em | C | |
| I did not find | paradise |
| G | |
| It was only a reflection |
| D | |
| Of my lonely mind | searching |
| Em??? |
| For what was missing in my life |
| VERSE AND CHORUS 2 SAME CHORDS |
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| I'm embarassed to say |
| The rest is a rock and roll cliche |
| I hit the bottom when i reached the top |
| Never knew it was you |
| Who was breaking my heart |
| I thought you had to love me |
| But you did not |
| Yes, a heart can hallucinate |
| If its completely stuffed for life |
| Can even make monsters seem like |
| Angels from above |
| Forged my love like a weapon |
| Turned it against me like a knife |
| Broke my last heart string |
| But you opened up my eyes |
| So goodbye Alice in Wonderland |
| Goodbye yellow brick road |
| There is a difference between dreaming and pretending |
| That was not love in your eyes |
| It was only a reflection |
| Of my lonely mind wanting |
| What was missing in my life |
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| BRIDGE:Em D G C Bm C D |
| Em | |
| Dreaming is a good thing |
| D | |
| Cause it | brings new things to life |
| G | |
| Pretending is an ending |
| C | |
| That | perpetuates a lie |
| Bm | |
| Forgetting what you are |
| C | D | |
| Seeing for what you've been | told |
| Em | D | |
| And growing up is not the | answer to dreaming |
| G | C | |
| Its | being able to under | stand the difference between |
| Bm | C | D | |
| The | ones you can hold and the | ones that you've been | sold |
| Em | D | G | Em | |
| Truth | is stranger than | fiction |
| D | G | Em | |
| This is | my chance to get it | right |
| D | G | |
| Life is much | better |
| D | |
| With | out all of your pretty lies |
| G | C | D | G | |
| So | good | bye | Alice in | Wonderland |
| C | D | |
| You can | keep your yellow brick | road |
| G | C | D | G | |
| There is a | difference between | dreaming and | pretending |
| Em | C | |
| That was not love in your | eyes |
| It was only a reflection |
| G | D | C | |
| Of my lonely mind | wanting |
| It was only a reflection |
| G | D | |
| Of my lonely | mind wishing |
| C Em(upward strum) |
| That you were what was missing from my life |