Intro 
D  Am 

verse 1 
Dm 
How can the grim reaper creep 
Am 
If he really doesn't have the time? 
Dm 
And how long would you sleep 
Am 
If the sun decided not to shine? 

verse 2 
Dm 
There's a man who lives up the block 
Am 
He doesn't even own a clock 
Dm 
Sometimes he stays awake for days 
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He's doin' it his own way 


[Refrão]
C          G                D 
I used to give my friends a call 
C          G               D 
Now there's no one left at all 
C          G              D 
I think my father used to say 
C                   G 
"There's got to be a different way 
    F            Em 
To make myself feel okay" 
D 
Or maybe that's just how he used to pray 

Bridge 
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verse 3 
Dm 
And who cares how people live 
Am 
If living's all they got? 
Dm 
And who knows how money grows? 
Am 
Drop a nickel in a pot 

verse 4 
Dm 
I wrote a letter down to you 
Am 
Like I'm Sullivan Ballou 
Dm 
It's a recipe for blue 
Am             C  G  D 
Like it's 1862 
 

[Refrão]
C          G             D 
Maybe I'm just a castaway 
C          G             D 
Or a poor boy led astray 
C          G             D 
There's no one left here to betray 
C              G 
The only child of the earth 
F                Em 
Nobody left here to give birth 
Dm 
It's hard to tell now what that's worth 

Solo 
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[Refrão]
C          G             D 
I used to look up at the sky 
C          G             D 
Up at the beautiful blue sky 
C          G                   D 
But now the earth has turned to gray 
C                   G 
There's got to be a better way 
F                  Em 
To talk to God and hear her say 
D 
"There are reasons why it is this way"