G C Am D

G                       C
You used to feel like a smoker
                 Am
Shivering in the cold
                    D
Waiting outside the bar
                    G
'Till the opener's over

                        C
But now you feel like a drinker
                    Am
Twenty days off the sauce
                   D
Down at the liquor store
                        C
Trying to call your sponsor

                          D           G         Em
You used to feel like the forest fire burning
    Bm                  C
But now you feel like a child
         D                 G      C Am D G
Throwing tantrums for your turn

                         C
You used to sound like a prophet
                       Am
And everyone wanted to know
                       D
How you could tell the truth
                         G
Without losing that soft glow

                        C
But now you feel like a salesman
                Am
Closing another deal
                     D
Or some drunk ship captain
                       C
Raging after the white whale


                          D           G         Em
You used to feel like the forest fire burning
    Bm                  C
But now you feel like a child
         D            C
Throwing tantrums and then some

                          D          G
You used to feel like the prodigal returning
    Em   Bm                       C
But now, now you hate what you've made
        D                C     D G
And you want to watch it burn