Intro Dm Bb F C C 

Dm                  Bb
When I was young my father would say
F                       C
Time bends its back for no one my son
    Dm                            Bb
And bright skies they only fool a man who are blind
   F                          C
So look through the smile and see what's behind
Dm                                 Bb
Now that you left, all my dreams - drifted away
  F                    C
I try to move past but life's not the same

[Pre-chorus]
     Bb
If I only knew then
    C
the things I know now
    Dm
I'd take it all back
    Bb
and turn it around

[chorus]
      F                 C                    Dm
Cause I have so much to say and more to give today
           Bb
this is no life to live (you gotta give)
      F                 C                    Dm
Cause I have so much to say and more to give today
           Bb
this is no life to live (you gotta give)
F         C      Bb
Must be a better way - a better way
[Dm Bb F C C]

Dm                  Bb
Now I sit here in a cage all my own
F                       C
It's a new life, it's a brand new home
    Dm                            Bb
It's made out of steel, it's built out of fear

It's closed up to you and it's part of the deal

[Pre-chorus]
     Bb
If I only knew then
    C
the things I know now
    Dm
I'd take it all back
    Bb
and turn it around

[chorus]
      F                 C                    Dm
Cause I have so much to say and more to give today
           Bb
this is no life to live (you gotta give)
      F                 C                    Dm
Cause I have so much to say and more to give today
           Bb
this is no life to live (you gotta give)
F         C      Bb
Must be a better way - a better way

[Lead: Bb C Dm C 4x]

[bridge]
Turn back the clock [Dm]
and put it all back [C]
I'll make the time last. [Bb]

[chorus 2x]