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