A
I woke up from another nightmare
       D
With nobody there to calm my nerve
       A
Just a vision of two summers playing stateside
   D
It seems like such another world

              A
They tell you sit down and hush, hush
D
This is how the world works
              A
They tell you sit down and hush, hush,
       D
You'll die like everybody else

                Bm
They say you're only a kid you'll forget it
            D
They're too scared to notice

            A          E
When you're down, keep swinging
        D
Because life a mystery
    A          E                 D
You never know when you're gonna hit
            A          E
When you're down, keep swinging
        D
Because life is a mystery
F#m                   E         D
    But you've got to face your own

A

  (A)
So wake me up and bring me daylight
         D
Bring me back to where I used to live
     A
Growing up with everybody on my shoulders
             D
It's so much farther to fall now that I'm older


              A
They tell you sit down and hush, hush
D
This is how the world works
              A
They tell you sit down and hush, hush,
       D
You'll die like everybody else

            A          E
When you're down, keep swinging
        D
Because life a mystery
F#m           E                      D
    You never know when you're gonna hit
            A          E
When you're down, keep swinging
        D
Because life is a mystery
F#m                   E         D
    But you've got to face your own

(Instrumental: A E D

(D)             F#m
   So live your life
E               D
  Just make the best of what you can
E                                    D
Then finish off the rest when you’re free
A                    D                   A                  D
I need to convince myself that I'm gonna die like everybody else
A                    D                   A                  D
I need to convince myself that I'm gonna die like everybody else
               A                  D
That I'm gonna die like everybody else


            A          E
When you're down, keep swinging
        D
Because life a mystery
F#m           E                      D
    You never know when you're gonna hit
            A          E
When you're down, keep swinging
        D
Because life is a mystery
F#m                   E         D
    But you've got to face your own
               A
So keep Swinging