Intro: G D
G
Everyone's waiting for their ship to come in
C
And they wring their hands and they drum their fingers
G
On the walls that they built to be safe from the wind
Am G C G
But they can't see out and no one can see in
C G D
And the world goes marching to a million drums
Am D
Without a leader for the band
G D
And all the clever plans of mice and of men
F D
Blow away like a child's balloon
G D
"Life's but a song," the poet once said
C
But we never sing it
G D G
If we never even learn the tune
G D
G
Everyone's scuffling to be King of the Hill
C
And they shoot their guns and they blow their trumpets
G
But the grand coronation is a short lived thrill
Am G C G
'Cuz the king's got no clothes so he dies of a chill
C G D
And the world goes marching to a million drums
Am D
Without a leader for the band
G D
And all the clever plans of mice and of men
F D
Tangle up like a ball of string
G D
Try as we might to simply pretend
C
They were so important
G D G
They never really changed a thing
Interlude:
C F D Am C G
G D
G
Everyone's clawing for their piece of the pie
C
And they stab at the crust with their forks and fingers
G
And their tongues roll back from the bitter surprise
Am G C G
And they're spitting out feathers while the blackbirds fly
C G D
And the world goes marching to a million drums
Am D
Without a leader for the band
G D
And all the clever plans of mice and of men
F D
Blow away like a child's balloon
G D
"Life's but a song," the poet once said
C
But we never sing it
G D
And all the clever plans of mice and of men
F D
Tangle up like a ball of string
G D
Try as we might to simply pretend
C
They were so important
They were so important, yeah
They were so important
G D G
They never really changed a thing
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