F: 133211
C: 032010
G: 320003
Am: 002210
Em: 022000

[Verse]

  F          C
A field, desolate
         G
And underfoot
         F
A tarmac river flows

  F         C
I wait to depart
                 G
An inconceivable aught
                         F
When you're no wings and all elbows

F           C
Oh, it's so cold
                    G
I watch my breath unfold
                 F
It wraps us in a cloud of gloom

F              C
Through adversity
            G            F
Hope must not become the casualty

[Bridge]

F                         C
It's common for people to believe
                         Am
Everything happens for a reason
                        F
I'm sorry that's false, and it's poison
F                       C
But even if there is no purpose
                            Am
To the things that you have gone through
                F
An ordeal can reveal an airfield

[Verse]

F              C
Stop, disown fear
            G
And I'll be here
              F
If you need a friend, my dear

[Chorus]
          F                         G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
             Am                         G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
                           F   G
But that don't mean you're out
                         Am       G
No, it don't mean you're out, now

          F                         G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
             Am                         G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
                           F   G
But that don't mean you're out
                         Am       G
No, it don't mean you're out, now
                     F        G
It don't mean you're out, now
                     Am    G
It don't mean you're out

          F                         G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
             Am                         G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
                           F   G
But that don't mean you're out
                         Am       Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
                     F        G
It don't mean you're out, now
                     Am   G
It don't mean you're out
No, it don't!

          F                         G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
             Am                         G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
                           F   G
But that don't mean you're out
                         Am       Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
                     F       G
It don't mean you're out, now
                     Am   G
It don't mean you're out
(No, it don't!)

          F                         G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
             Am                         G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
                           F   G
But that don't mean you're out
                         Am       Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
                     F       G
It don't mean you're out, now
                     Am   G
It don't mean you're out

F G Am G

[Verse]

F
When the wind's against you
  G
Remember this insight:
           Am
That's the optimal condition
    G
For birds to take flight
F
Now the wind's against you
      G           C
Don't give up the fight