AF#m
You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
AED
I never got to be your Fred Astaire
AF#m
You can lie to yourself and all your friends, pretend that you don't care
AED
But circumstance gets in the way
AF#m
You have so many opportunities I never had
ED
Don't push so hard, nothing is ever easy
AF#m
And this talent that you take for granted, it's a gift from god
ED
Don't pass it up, nothing is ever easy
ADDA
Are you ready to work real hard
ADDA
Are you tired it's just the start
ADDE
Listen to me son, I'll take you far
AF#m
You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
AED
I never got to be your Fred Astaire
AF#m
You can lie to yourself and all your friends, pretend that you don't care
AED
But circumstance gets in the way
AF#m
Heel, toe, heel, toe, side to side AGAIN, gonna get it right
ED
Don't push so hard, nothing is ever easy
AF#m
Don't forget your please and thank you's, don't forget to smile
ED
Don't pass this up, nothing is ever easy
ADDA
Are you ready to work real hard
ADDA
Are you tired it's just the start
ADDE
Listen to me son, I'll take you far
AF#m
You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
AED
I never got to be your Fred Astaire
AF#m
You can lie to yourself and all your friends, pretend that you don't care
AED
But circumstance gets in the way
( DAEE )
( DAEE )
( DAEE )
( DAEE )
A
They're pushing these children, for all the wrong reasons
D
So far, man you're crushing down their spirits
A
You're pushing these children for all the wrong reasons
D
So far, man you're crushing down their spirits
DA
Suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually, eventually
AD
They suffocate, emancipate, turn their backs and walk away eventually, eventually
AD
Seeking, seeking, one of these one of these
AD
Seeking, seeking one of these one of these paths
A
You're wasting time, I call it living
To the world what are you giving
D
You're wasting time, I call it living
To the world what are you giving
A
You're wasting time, I call it living
To the world what are you giving
DE
You're wasting time
AF#m
You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
AED
I never got to be your Fred Astaire
AF#m
You can lie to yourself and all your friends, pretend that you don't care
AED
But circumstance gets in the way
AF#m
You can call it anything you want the fact remains the same
AED
I never got to be your Fred Astaire
AF#m
You can lie to yourself and all your friends, pretend that you don't care
AED
But circumstance gets in the way