| C | G | Bb6 | Am | Gsus | G | Gsus | G |
| C | G | Bb6 | Am | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | |
| And s | o begins the tas | k I have dr | eaded the co | ming of for s | o l | ong |
| C | G | Bb6 | Am | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | |
| I wa | it for the su | n to re | mind my b | ody it needs r | esting |
| CHORUS #1: |
| Dm | Fsus2 | C | G | |
| And I must l | earn to | live witho | ut you no | w |
| Dm | Fsus | C | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | |
| I must | learn to | give only p | art some | how |
| C | G | Bb6 | Am | |
| C | amping on the e | dge of your c | ity, I w | ait |
| F | C | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | |
| Hoping som | eday you mi | ght see be | yond yourself |
| C | G | Bb6 | Am | |
| The sh | adows on the ce | iling; h | ard, but not r | eal |
| F | C | G | Gsus | G | Gsus | G | |
| Like the b | ars that c | age you wi | thin yourself | . | ..CHORUS #1 |
| SOLO |
| CHORUS #2: |
| And I must learn to live without you now |
| As I can not learn to give only part somehow |
| All of these cages must and shall be set aside |
| They will only keep us from knowing |
| Actors and stages now bow before the truth |
| And the love shared between remains strong ...CHORUS #2 |
| CHORDS: |
| Bb6: x 1 3 3 3 3 Gsus: 3 x 0 0 1 3 Fsus2: x x 3 0 1 1 |