Intro: Ab   Db6  C C7 Db6 Dbm

Verse:
                   Ab                            Db6
Carry on with your business, there is nothing to see
         C                      C7                         Db6    Dbm
You must be pretty desperate if you've come out lookin' for me
                  Ab                        Db6
You regret how we parted, that is well understood
            C                     C7                     Db6
Now, please leave me to sip on my wine and to wander the woods

Pre-Chorus:
                      Db6
Didn't I go where you sent me?
                   Ab
Didn't I meet your demands?
         C7          Db6
Didn't I answer your questions?
         C7             Fm     Ab7
Didn't I shake all your hands?

Chorus:
         Db            Ab
Didn't I do the best I can?
         C7              Dbm
Wasn't I better than any man?
         C                       C7                      Db6
Wasn't I cool and collected when all of the xxxx hit the fan?
         Dbm
Wasn't I cool? Wasn't I?

Interlude: Ab   Db6   C C7 Db6 Dbm

Verse:
                 Ab                      Db6
You ask how I am doing? I assure you I'm fine
       C                    C7                        Db6    Dbm
Just another man helping himself to what's rightfully mine
                   Ab                      Db6
Did you say I look tired? I'm not tired at all
      C                   C7                       Db6
I was trying to shatter a ceiling where he built a wall

Pre-Chorus:
                       Db6
Didn't I check all the boxes?
                   Ab
Didn't I follow routine?
         C7         Db6
Didn't I travel the high road?
          C7       Fm      Ab7
Never was petty or mean?

Chorus:
          Db             Ab
And did I run a clean campaign?
        C7            Dbm
Did I inform and entertain?
          C                           C7                  Db6
And did I let down my guard 'cause my rival had half of a brain?
          Dbm         Ab
Did I let down? Didn't I?

Bridge:
       Fm                 Ab7
All my credentials didn't matter
       Bb                 Db6
All my service and nobody cares
              Fm                      Ab7
They tried to purchase the world on a platter
               Bb                   Dbm6
Phoned in some favors and now it is theirs
            Fm                      Ab7
You know it brings me no joy to see you in this hole
            Fm6                      Dbm6
So much the man will destroy just to feel in control
   Fm       Ab7                         Bb     Dbm6
So goodbye! - Look out below, I'm going high

Interlude: Ab   Db6   C C7 Db6 Dbm

Verse:
                     Ab                             Db6
I know you want your closure, 'cause the future's unclear
       C                C7                        Db6    Dbm
I feel no obligation to tell you what you want to hear
                     Ab                             Db6
Would you like me to save you? Would you like me to quit?
   C                      C7                     Db7
Or would you prefer it if I taught myself how to knit?

Pre-Chorus:
                           Db6
Couldn't you mind your own business?
                           Ab
Couldn't you just leave me be?
                 C7         Db6
You brought this all on yourselves, gang
             C7        Fm     Ab7
Don't try to pin it on me

Chorus:
           Db           Ab
Couldn't I peacefully retire
           C7           Dbm
Into these hills I so admire?
           C                         C7                      Db6
Couldn't I serve up the tea while he sets the whole party on fire?
           Dbm            Ab     Db6
Couldn't I serve? Couldn't I?

Chorus:
              Db               Ab
And when they write this history,
              C           Dbm
I'll take the moral victory
         C                      C7                          Db6
Wasn't I right at the center of all that this country could be?
         Dbm
Wasn't I right? Wasn't I?

Outro: Ab   Db6   C C7 Db6 Dbm