VERSE 1:
D Asus4 A D
Scared of losing all the time
Asus4 A D
He wrote it in a letter
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
He was a friend of mine
D Asus4 A D
He heard you could see your future
Asus4 A D
Inside a glass of water
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The ripples and the rhymes
(A) G A (several strums)
And he asked ‘Will I see heaven in mine?’
D – Asus4 – A }x2
VERSE 2:
D Asus4 A D
Oh that is just the way it was,
Asus4 A D
Nothing could be better,
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
and nothing ever was.
D Asus4 A D
Oh, they say you can see your future
Asus4 A D
inside a glass of water.
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The riddles and the rhymes
G A
Will I see heaven in mine?
A (several strums)
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 1:
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Son, don’t ask,
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Cling to the mast
D F#m Bm G Asus4 G
Spend your whole life living in your past
A (several strums)
Going nowhere fast
D – Asus4 – A }x4
VERSE 3:
D Asus4 A D
So he wrote it on a wall
Asus4 A D Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The hollow-est of halos is no halo at all
D Asus4 A D
Televisions selling plastic
Asus4 A D Asus4 A D Asus4 A
Figurines of leaders saying nothing at all
G
And we chimed, stars in heaven align
A (several strums)
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 2:
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Son, don’t ask,
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Cling to the mast
D F#m Bm G Asus4 G
Spend your whole life living in your past
A (several strums)
Going nowhere fast
BRIDGE: G – Asus4 – D – Bm – G – Asus4 – A
D – F#m – Bm – G – D }x4 (fade on D)
OUTRO:
D A
And what are we drinking when we’re done?
G D
Glasses of water.
End on D
D Asus4 A D
Scared of losing all the time
Asus4 A D
He wrote it in a letter
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
He was a friend of mine
D Asus4 A D
He heard you could see your future
Asus4 A D
Inside a glass of water
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The ripples and the rhymes
(A) G A (several strums)
And he asked ‘Will I see heaven in mine?’
D – Asus4 – A }x2
VERSE 2:
D Asus4 A D
Oh that is just the way it was,
Asus4 A D
Nothing could be better,
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
and nothing ever was.
D Asus4 A D
Oh, they say you can see your future
Asus4 A D
inside a glass of water.
Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The riddles and the rhymes
G A
Will I see heaven in mine?
A (several strums)
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 1:
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Son, don’t ask,
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Cling to the mast
D F#m Bm G Asus4 G
Spend your whole life living in your past
A (several strums)
Going nowhere fast
D – Asus4 – A }x4
VERSE 3:
D Asus4 A D
So he wrote it on a wall
Asus4 A D Asus4 A D Asus4 A
The hollow-est of halos is no halo at all
D Asus4 A D
Televisions selling plastic
Asus4 A D Asus4 A D Asus4 A
Figurines of leaders saying nothing at all
G
And we chimed, stars in heaven align
A (several strums)
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 2:
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Son, don’t ask,
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
D F#m Bm G D F#m Bm G
Cling to the mast
D F#m Bm G Asus4 G
Spend your whole life living in your past
A (several strums)
Going nowhere fast
BRIDGE: G – Asus4 – D – Bm – G – Asus4 – A
D – F#m – Bm – G – D }x4 (fade on D)
OUTRO:
D A
And what are we drinking when we’re done?
G D
Glasses of water.
End on D
