G               Am
Why do you wander like you do?
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
You’ve got nothing left to prove.
Am           C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
Let me get out of your way,
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
     G                Am    F
Wake up and seize the day.


[Verse 1]
F         C                       G     Gadd4  G
I’ve been listening to my heart’s poetry
F             C                G
Try to cast aside what I don’t need,
F                C         E7              Am
But you can't outrun those voices from the past,
                     D                                 Gadd4  G
But you can put them down in the place that they should be.


[Chorus]
       Am   C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
Why do you wander like you do?
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
You’ve got nothing left to prove.
Am           C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
Let me get out of your way,
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
     G                Am    F
Wake up and seize the day.


[Verse 2]
F         C                 G     Gadd4  G
I’ve been tracing your long journey,
F       C                G
The sad contours of your face,
F             C                  E7             Am
And I’ve been thinking that that hunger in your eyes,
            D                          Gadd4  G
Your hidden story and the measure your grace.


[Chorus]
       Am   C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
Why do you wander like you do?
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
You’ve got nothing left to prove.
Am           C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
Let me get out of your way,
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
     G                Am
Wake up and seize the day.


[Instrumental]
F  C  G  Gadd4  G
F  C  G
F  C  E  Am  D  Gadd4  G
F


[Verse 3]
F           C                 G     Gadd4  G
And all the choruses, all the verses,
F         C                   G
Can never render where things lie,
F          C               E7                 Am
But in this mystery, I’m returning to where I need to be,
D                                   Gadd4  G
Running through this wild and empty sky.


[Chorus]
       Am   C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
Why do you wander like you do?
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
You’ve got nothing left to prove.
Am           C
Oh, my soul,
           G               Am
Let me get out of your way,
Am          C
Oh, my soul,
     G                Am
Wake up and seize the day.


[Outro]
       Am   C  G  Am
Oh, my soul,
       Am   C  G  Am
Oh, my soul,
       Am   C
Oh, my soul,
       G               Am
Let me get out of your way,
       Am   C
Oh, my soul,
     G                 Am
Wake up and seize this day.