To Be Human

[ Verse 1 ] F#m C# the pagodas and the palaces F#m7 C# dressed in gold leaf hide the damages F#m C# spot the geisha as she balances D A life’s a cakewalk , full of challenges F#m C#m go to russia , see the red square D A lenin’s body lying dead there F#m C# from kyoto , hiroshima D A watch the black cloud crawling nearer [ pre - Chorus 1 ] D A there were riots in america C#7 F#m just when things were getting better D A all the things i’ve done and seen C# F#m still i don’t know what life means [ Chorus ] F#m D A C#7 all the people living in , living in the world today F#m D A C#7 F#m we’re united by our love , we’re united by our pain ( ooh ) D A E all the things that i’ve done and i’ve seen F#m D A E still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means [ Verse 2 ] F#m C# fly to athens , pass the parthenon D C# see the village where my father’s from F#m C#7 to chicago from angola D A sao paulo to verona [ pre - Chorus 2 ] D A and anywhere you go , you’ll see ( ooh ) C#7 F#m people are just like you and me ( ooh ) D A all the things i’ve done and seen C# F#m still , i don’t know what life means [ Chorus ] F#m D A C#7 all the people living in , living in the world today F#m D A C#7 F#m we’re united by our love , we’re united by our pain ( ooh ) D A E all the things that i’ve done and i’ve seen F#m D A E still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means F#m to be human D A C#7 F#m ( oh - oh - oh - oh - oh , oh - oh , oh - oh ) D A C#7 F#m ( oh , oh - oh - oh - oh - oh , oh - oh , oh - oh ) F#m D A E still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means F#m D A E to be human , a real human being [ Bridge ] C# F#m C# F#m i like to think about how we all look from afar A D A E people driving fancy cars look like beetles to the stars C# F#m C# F#m the missiles and the bombs sound like symphonies gone wrong A D A E and if there is a god , they’ll know why it’s so hard [ Chorus ] F#m to be human D A C#7 F#m ( oh - oh - oh - oh - oh , oh - oh , oh - oh ) D A C#7 ( oh , oh - oh - oh - oh - oh , oh - oh ) F#m to be hu - D A E still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means F#m D A E to be human , a real human being [ Outro ] F#m D A C#7 ( to be human ) i want connection , ooh F#m D A C#7 i wanna feel human again F#m D A C#7 ( to be human ) lost my direction , ooh F#m D A C#7 i wanna feel human again F#m D A C#7 to be human F#m D A C#7 to be human F#m D A C#7 to be human F#m D A C#7 to be human F#m