Borrowed Time

Intro: 0:00
G# | F#  - x10
G#! | F#!
0:43
G#:G#sus4 G# | G#:G#sus4 F#  - x2
1:02
G# | G# | G# | G#
       F# | F#
Yeah, yeah!
1:13
G# | G# | G# | G#
F#          | F#
  Don't look now, but here come
             Fm
The eightees!

Verse 1: 1:27
G#
  I was so cool back in sixty-five;
G#
  I had it made 'cause I understood
         F#
What to do to survive.
1:37
G#
  I had my car, and I made the scene,
G#
  Didn't give a damn about no gasoline,
     F#
No, no.
                Fm
Well, they can go to hell.

Bridge 1: 1:51
     C#/G#
My friend, we never thought about the world
          C#  Fm | C# Fm
And its realities.
      C#/G#
The promised land was ours we were
            C#  Fm | C# Fm:C#
The Great Society.

Verse 2: 2:05
G#
  I'm so confused by the things I read,
G#
  I need the truth, but the truth is, I
             F#
Don't know who to believe.
2:16
G#
  The left say "yes", and the right says "no",
G#
  I'm in between and the more I learn,
           F#
Well, the less that I know.
          Fm
I got to make a show.

Refrain: 2:29
       Fm
'Cause I'm
 G#     G#sus4 G#     G#sus4
Livin' high,  living fine,
 G#     G#sus4  G#       G#sus4
Livin' high on borrowed time.

-= Modulation to Key A =-
Break: 2:46
 A     | A
Yes! No!
 A     | A | G | G
Yes! No!
2:57
 A     | A
No! Yes!
 A     | A | G | G | F#m | F#m
No! Yes!

Instrumental: 3:11
A | A | A | A | G | G
A | A | A | A | G | G
F#m | F#m
3:35
D/A | E | D/A | F#m | E | E

Bridge 2: 3:45
 D/A!
Faith be with me now,
                          E   F#m | E | F#m
I'm just a dreamer in a dreamland.
 D/A
Faith be with me now,
                          E   F#m | E | F#m
I'm just a dreamer in a dreamland
3:58
  Esus4
'Cause we're
 A      Asus4
Livin' high,
 A
Livin' fine. (You know I'm livin' fine)
 A      Asus4
Livin' high (Yes I'm livin' high)
    A
On borrowed time (On borrowed time)
4:12
 A      Asus4
Livin' high, (Whoohoo!)
 A
Livin' fine. (Ahhh!)
 A      Asus4
Livin' high
    A
On Lake Shore Drive. (Midnight ride)
4:25
 A      Asus4
Livin' high (We're livin' high)
    A
On Leslie Lane. (Let's go back and play it again!)
 A      Asus4
Livin' high (We're livin' high)
    A
On Red Bud Trail. (On Red Bud, Red Bud Trail!)
4:38
 A      Asus4
Livin' high
    A
On Central Drive. (He's on Central Drive!)
 A      Asus4
Livin' high (We're livin', livin' high)
     A
On Prestwick Drive. (Catch me on Prestwick Drive!...
Gettin' in and drivin' my Mercedes...)
4:52
 A      Asus4
Livin' high, (...up and down and up and down...)
 A
Livin' fine. (Shit! I don't....)