The Room

[Intro ]
Am  Em  D  Cmaj7 
Am  Em  D  Cmaj7 



[Verso 1]
 
Am7              Em         D        Cmaj7 
Standing in the shade of a childhood tree 
       Am          Em                 D    Cmaj7 
I'd be up in those branches but they won't hold me 
Am7             Em         D          Cmaj7 
Grandms's back yard semed bigger back then 
Am         Em         D      Cmaj7 
Making me wish I was little again 

Am7         Em               D 
   Driving through familiar streets 
         Cmaj7 
Peace of mind still out of reach 
 


[Refrão]
 
G 
Oh oh, I ain't even close 
          D/F#         Em 
To what I thought I'd know 
                  Em7 
I've been chasing ghosts 
           D/F#     Cmaj7 
But I just wound up haunted 
                 Cmaj7 
Got everything I wanted 


Now I don't want it 
G 
So I try to find the start again 
                     D/F#      Em7 
Sort through all the me's I've been 
                        Em7 
Did I leave 'em with my friends 
               D/F# Cmaj7 
On the road to satisfaction? 
                                           C 
Thinking I'll be happy when those flowers bloom 

          Am7 
While I'm staring out the window 
 G  C                                 G     G 
Forgetting I'm still standing in the room 
 


[Verso 2]
 
Am7            Em7           D               Cmaj7 
Hanging on the wall are the things that I've done 
        Am           Em 
All the mountain-top moments 
         D           Cmaj7 
All the trophies I've won 

    Am7          Em7            D      Cmaj7 
But nothing in a frame's gonna make me whole 
     Am       Em            D        C 
Just man-made prizes for a man-made goal 
 


[Refrão]
 
G 
Oh oh, I ain't even close 
           D           Em 
To what I thought I'd know 
                  Em7 
I've been chasing ghosts 
            D        C 
But I just wound up haunted 
                 Cmaj7 
Got everything I wanted  


Now I don't want it 
G 
So, try to find the start again 
                     D/F#      Em 
Sort through all the me's I've been 
                        Em 
Did I leave 'em with my friends 
                D    C 
On the road to satisfaction? 
                                           C 
Thinking I'll be happy when those flowers bloom 

          Am7 
While I'm staring out the window 
    C                                 G 
Forgetting I'm still standing in the room 

{Spoken} 
 G 
And maybe I'll be satisfied with the next one 
The next relationship, the next award 
The next opportunity, the next home 
    Em          Em7 
And maybe then, all of this wanting will want to leave me alone 
And I won't find it wherever I go 
 C 
'Cause I'm losing myself as I try and cross the next door 
My eyes find the window, my knees find the floor 
   G 
I realize wanting never becomes having 
It just becomes wanting more 
'Cause this world is full of windows 
           Em 
And their glass full of lies 
They promise contentment in all you haven't tried 
Happiness found in what you have and consume 
        C 
Do not live for these windows 
Learn to be content in your room 


[Verso 3]
 
         Am         Em          D         Cmaj7 
When my back's all bent and my hair turns grey 
       Am      Em       D   C 
If I'm lucky enough to see that day 
        Am      Em             D          C 
Will I feel content or will I still want more? 
        Am              Em        D       G   C 
Or will I have built a life worth dying for?