Superman

    D    A    Em   Bm   Em   F#m  
E|--5----5----7----2----7----9----
B|--7----5----8----3----8---10----
G|--7----6----9----4----9---11----
D|--7----7----9----4----9---11----
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
  Em
E|7---*12-12-9-9-10-10-9---| 
B|8------------------------| 
G|9------------------------| 
D|9------------------------| 
A|-------------------------| 
E|-------------------------| 

(*Play this 1st time only. After 
this, play A in place of riff)
The second time this is played, I 
believe a second guitar comes in 
with
the bass playing these barre chords,
 and it gets louder as the
progression goes on:
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--7-------9---4---9---11---12---
D|--7---7---9---4---9---11---12---
A|--5---7---7---2---7----9---10---
E|------5-------------------------

E|-------| 
B|-------| 
G|-------| 
D|7------| 
A|7------| 
E|5------| 

    D   A   E   B   E   F#   G    A

(Play this while 1st guitar keeps 
playing the ska progression)

D         A         E            
So here I am, doing everything I 
B             E
can.  Holding on to what I
F#             G           A
am, pretending I'm a superman.

[Verse]
(ska upstrokes)
D             A     Em          
I'm trying to keep  the ground 
     Bm
on my feet.
   G                 D            
It seems the world's falling down 
A
around me.
D                  A     Em     
The nights are all long, I'm 
          Bm
singing this song
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   G                D          
to try and make the answers more 
       A
than maybe.

(This part uses barre chords)
        G  D   A            G    
And I'm so con-fused, about what 
E  D       G
to do, sometimes I wanna
A                D
throw it all away.

D         A           Em        
So here I am, looking older all 
    Bm            Em
the time. Growing older
        F#m           Em          
all the time, feeling younger in 
  A
my mind.

D             A     Em          
I'm trying to sleep. I lost 
     Bm
count of sheep.
   G              D          
My mind is racing faster every 
  A       D
minute.  What could
     A    Em                   Bm
I do more? Yeah I'm really not 
     G
sure. I know I'm
        D             A
running circles but I can't quit.
        G  D  A           G    E
And I'm so confused about what to 
  D
do.
    G               A
Sometimes I want to throw it all 
away.

[Bridge]
     Am  Em  Bm
E|---5---7---7------| 
B|---5---8---7------| 
G|---5---9---7------| 
D|---7---9---9------| 
A|---7-------9------| 
E|---5-------7------| 

Am                        Bm
Controlling everything in sight, I'm
 feeling weak I don't
     Em                            
feel right. You're telling me I 
     Am             Bm
have to change, telling me
          Em                       
to act my age. But if all that I 
  Am         Bm
can do is just sit and
           Em                      
watch time go, then I'll have to 
          Am
say goodbye. Life's too
Bm                Em               
Hi F      Hi G
short to watch it fly, so watch it 
flyyyyyyyyyy.

[Solo]
E|----------5---------------------
B|------5-7---5--------5---7-5----
G|----7---------7-/4-7---7-7-6--4-
D|--------------------------------
A|-/5-----------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|-----------7-5----------| 
B|---------------7-7-5----| 
G|--4-7-4-7--------7-6----| 
D|5-----------------------| 
A|------------------------| 
E|------------------------| 

(This is played twice, and that's 
the song!)