Verse 1:
Cm               Ab
  I know when my day will come
   Bb
Go back to the place where I came from
Ab
Lookin' back will I think that I did the right?
Eb              G
 I still don't sleep at night
Cm          Ab
I got these symphonies
Bb
Stuck in my head

And they don't leave
Ab
Fillin' up the silence with these notes
Eb             G
 I don't want them to go

Pre-chorus:
Cm       Ab          Bb
  Ghosts follow me around these days
Ab
 Haunting my head and house
Eb           G
 My mind is crazy loud
      Cm    Ab    Bb
But I won't give in to it
Ab                      Eb
 Take it all in stride

Chorus:
                    Cm
This life is such a ride
               Bb
I live until I die
                Ab
I walk into the fire
                      Eb      G
I'm searching for the higher ground
       Cm
What a life
               Bb
I live until I die
                    Ab
Won't fail unlеss I try
                      Eb      G
I'm searching for the higher ground

Verse 2:
Cm              Ab
  I'vе got that golden gun
Bb
I was born as the seventh son
Ab
Everything comes with conditions
Eb                    (nc)
Everyone's got their dirty dishes
Cm             Ab
I've got these memories
Bb
Stuck in my head, and they won't leave
Ab
Filling up my treetops with these crows
Eb            G
 I wish that they would go

Chorus:
                    Cm
This life is such a ride
               Bb
I live until I die
                Ab
I walk into the fire
                      Eb      G
I'm searching for the higher ground
       Cm
What a life
               Bb
I live until I die
                    Ab
Won't fail unlеss I try
                      Eb      G
I'm searching for the higher ground
                    Cm
This life is such a ride
               Bb
I live until I die
                Ab
I walk into the fire
                      Eb      G
I'm searching for the higher ground
       Cm
What a life
               Bb
I live until I die
                    Ab
Won't fail unlеss I try
                      Eb      G
I'm searching for the higher ground

Bridge:
Cm                Bb
  Get it, got it, want it
                            Ab
Tell me what to do, and I'm on it
                 Eb
I am the witness
            G
The genesis

The reason
Cm                Bb
  Get it, got it, want it
                            Ab
Tell me what to do, and I'm on it
                Eb            G
I am the witness, the witness, the witness

(The witness, the witness, the witness)

Outro:
                    Cm
This life is such a ride
               Bb
I live until I die
                Ab
I walk into the fire
                      Eb      G
I'm searching for the higher ground
       Cm
What a life
               Bb
I live until I die
                    Ab
Won't fail unlеss I try
          Eb       G
Bleeding, keep on breathing
Cm            Bb
Higher ground

Hey, hey
Ab
Higher, higher
Eb       G
Higher, higher ground
Cm            Bb
Higher ground

Hey, hey
Ab
Higher, higher
Eb       G             (nc)
Higher, higher ground