Intro: Eb Gm Eb Gm

Ab       Bb
Humming along
Cm                  Eb
Just a Bard with a song

Verse 1:
Eb            Gm     Eb  Gm
I thought I knew me better
Ab          Gm
Playing it safe was
Ab
Never my game, guess
Eb            Gm       Eb  Gm
I should’ve known I’d never
Ab          Gm
Feel satisfied
Ab
Why am I surprised? Why?

Chorus:
Eb       Ab
Why am I always
  Cm              Ab
Standing on the brink of something?
Eb          Ab
Just out of my reach
Cm                    Ab
I’m standing on the brink of something
Cm                                        Ab
New that I want, I know that it’s almost mine
Ab
Yet something tells me I’ll
 Eb        Ab
Somehow always be
  Ab                              Eb   Cm Ab Eb
Standing on the brink of something new

Verse 2:
Eb           Gm
I’d beg the uniVerse to
Eb          Gm
Throw me a bone, but I know
Ab         Gm
I’m doing fine and just won’t
Ab
Settle for fine, it’s my fault
Eb            Gm
Making them proud, still I can’t
Eb            Gm
Seem to slow down to take a
Ab            Gm
Brеathe in, breathe out
Ab
I’ll rеst when I settle down in the ground

Chorus:
Eb       Ab
Why am I always
  Cm              Ab
Standing on the brink of something?
Eb          Ab
Just out of my reach
Cm                    Ab
I’m standing on the brink of something
Cm                                        Ab
New that I want, I know that it’s almost mine
Ab
Yet something tells me I’ll
 Eb       Ab
Somehow always be
  Ab                              Eb   Cm Ab Eb
Standing on the brink of something new

Bridge:
Cm            Ab
Learning it doesn’t
Cm           Eb
Matter the things
Cm           Ab
That I accomplish
Cm           Ab
I’ll always be
            Eb
I’ll always be

Chorus:
Cm                Ab
Standing on the brink of something
Eb           Ab
Just out of my reach
Cm                    Ab
I’m standing on the brink of everything
Cm           Ab
That I want, never the time
    Cm                     Ab
To celebrate yesterday’s victory when I’ll
Eb            Ab
Somehow I’ll always be
Ab                                  Eb Cm Ab Eb
Standing on the brink of something new

Outtro:
Eb
Standing on the brink of
Ab
Standing on the brink of
Eb
Standing on the brink of (Call me the Bard)
Ab
Standing on the brink of (Tho I’m a tortoise, I’ve got nothing to prove)
Eb
Standing on the brink of (Now you’ll never be known)
Ab
Standing on the brink of (To take on a side quest sometime)
Eb
Standing on the brink of (Death is marching steadfast toward us)
Ab
Standing on the brink of (See me the same way that I see you)
Eb
Standing on the brink of (Call me the Bard)
Ab
Standing on the brink of
Eb
Everything
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