Verse:
A5
Alright

xxxxxx' fine

If you want, then I can finally admit it

It took... what, almost twenty-three years?

Of doubt, and fear, and all that
    Dm
xxxxxxxx
E
Am
I've hidden behind this screen, with a referential, blackened sheen

I've poured my heart out dry to keep the sadness pristine

But for the first time in this whole damn life

that's been thrown at me
                       Dm
I think I might actually be happy

Interlude: E F E Am D F E Am D Am

     F                     Dm
It's been a while, so let me be
      Am
myself,

complete and sincere
               F
This is the first fair night in a
Dm                           Am
long, long time spent drunk, but not bookended by tears
      Cm                A
The grin I wear is real and It
Dm                        D
crawls from ear to ear
      C                             Eb
The one place I'd like to be most is
        D
right damn here
        Em
I've got good friends I can trust and lean on
E                Eb
Though I've not had to use them yet
          G
Their company is an end to outlie the means
                A
On the bell curve inside my head
     C
I've got more than I could ever expect
             Bm
And not one has effected a way to end my respect yet
     A                       B
The list of hit/miss ratios shows

that they're all a sure-shot bet
         Em
So the stakes I've placed on a losing race
          Eb
Are a fallacy of sanity and a couple of mates
   G
I do what I want and can afford to eat?

I mean
D
xxxx me, mate. What more do you need?
C
            Bm
I cannot pretend anymore that this
A              Gbm    B
life can still be beat
 E  B
So, please
F                      Em
Let this endless torrent of fear
E        Am
flow away
D
F                    Em
I don't need a rose-tinted lens to
                 E      Am
enbrighten these greys
D
Am                   Em
They're plenty vibrant. The frame
                    E    C
merely gets in the way
D
F                                       E
Why dwell in the past when this life
        Em
is so vast?
     E   A            D
Oh, it's splendid today
Am G
F
It's been a while, so let me smile
           Am
with my eyes instead of my teeth
              F
Oh, it's a strange, new thing when
                Am
crocodile cries its tears out of joy, not deceit
     G                    Gbm
I'm sure it won't last long
             F                   Em
But for now, it's such a treat
G                         Eb
To bring the happy man out from
         C
underneath
       Em
And let's be clear now: I don't deserve this
       Eb
That fact is firm and unyielding
       G
Your good, kind platitudes and idolizing attitudes
A
Don't earn me the power that I'm

wielding
     C
But I'm happy I can hide inside the walls I created
Bm
Hated by the me that thought he'd
                        Gb
die in complacent hatred

This time, I'll look him straight in the eye and say
B
"Mate, I xxxxxxx made it"
Em
'Cos everybody's saying that I'm never gonna make it
                                         G
But I'm taking on the chin each hit of hesitation

If an idea's got good legs then it'll
A
run

And if you're learning to walk, you
                                          C
gotta make sure you're having fun
                    Bm
I work with, at, to and for one, and
A                   Gb   B
I sure as xxxx ain't done
E     B
Not yet
F                     E
Let this endless torrent of fear
         Am
flow away
                               D
(And when xxxx hits the fan, scream mayday)
F                 E              Em
I don't need a rose-tinted lens to
                  E     Am
enbrighten these greys
               Dm
(When you find who you are, you
                     Am
find it easier to say)
                                       Em
They're plenty vibrant. The frame
                          A
merely gets in the way
                              D
(Make tomorrow your heyday)
F                                       E
Why dwell in the past when this life
Em      E
is so vast?
            Am         D
Oh, it's splendid today
A
               Dm               A
And when I die, know that I'm
           Bb                          C
Just a product of place and time
            Gm
Such convenient luck for a
             Am
thick-headed dumbcunt
Bb                   A
Failing my way on up
                   Dm         A
And know that I am not blind
                 Bb              Db
I see the shadow lurking behind
                   Gm           Am
But just for now, let me write
                       Am            A
something that's upbeat and bright
                   Am
While it's still light

Interlude: G Gbm

F              D  G
Let me say I'm fine
C                     G A
Without it being a lie
Ab                   G            G7
Let this hellish tempest of rage
            Cm
run its course
                                  F
(Forgive the hunch, but I have an inkling)
Ab                                 G
I don't wanna hide behind this state
     G7        Cm
of mind anymore

(That I don't think what I've
F
thought is worth more than what I'm
Cm
thinking)
           G7
If it's a trick then consider me
            Cm
fully immersed

(Do you think doubt will make it
F
hurt less?)
     Ab           G
I'll enjoy the sun before darkness has come
           Cm            F
And this light has dispersed

Outro: Eb D Dm D C Am C G C Db C

nc
Yeah I'm doing good mate
B