This Old World

Intro D Verse A Well there's nothing worse than feeling G D Like you're first in line for losing A G Bm I thought my life was cruising then it crumbled all away G D G I had a lot to give but what I gave should be forgotten D A Bm Unnoticed like a stranger I'll surrender for the day G D A D A Well this night was an illusion, G D It came down like an intrusion A I stay up through the night though G Bm I can't stand it sinking low G I'm a witness to the fight between D G The darkness and the light D You're a mean old world I'm leaving though A Bm I have no place to go G D You're a mean old world I'm leaving though A D I have no place to go Chorus A D This old world took me for a ride G D A I lost everything I had and then my pride D G So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go D A G And this old world she took me for a ride D A D Verse A I was raised when I saw ugliness G D To try to make some beauty A Found purpose in the duty when G Bm I couldn't find the shore G D G What beauty couldn't lift just simply floated on adrift D A Bm Rolling on directionless and lost forevermore G D A D A It goes from bad to worse sometimes G D Before it can get better A I string some words together and G Bm Just try to speak the truth G D G I have a lot to get, I hope my lot will be forgiven D A Bm Pardon me for living for the time I'm here with you G D A D Pardon me for living for the time I'm here with you Chorus A D This old world took me for a ride G D A I lost everything I had and then my pride D G So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go D A G And this old world she took me for a ride D A D Bridge A When I lay my body down I'd like to G D Feel the dirt beneath me A And the howling wind could sheath me and G Bm I'd finally be set free G For a moment you can yawn and D G Throw my things into a pile D My dawn is finally here and A Bm Yours might come in just a while G D My dawn is finally here and A D Yours might come in just a while Chorus A D This old world took me for a ride G D A I lost everything I had and then my pride D G So much that I don't know, but I guess I'm set to go D A G And this old world she took me for a ride D A D This old world she took me for a ride Outro G D A Bm G D A D