Why do I Keep Counting

E5      E                        
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  Bsus4
E|16--(16)\14-14-| 
B|---------------| 
G|---------------| 
D|---------------| 
A|---------------| 
E|---------------| 

         There's a plane and I am 
flying

     Dadd9                        
E|----14-------------------------
B|-17----------------------------
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A|-------------------------------
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    C                        
E|16-14--(14)\12-12--8-7-------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 

        There's a mountain waiting 
for me

       E                        
E|-----16----------------------17-
B|--17----------------------------
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A|--------------------------------
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  Bsus4
E|16--(16)\14-14-| 
B|---------------| 
G|---------------| 
D|---------------| 
A|---------------| 
E|---------------| 


Oh these years have been so trying
     Dadd9                        
E|----14--------------16-14-
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              A5 A#5 B5
E|(14)\12-12-8-7-| 
B|---------------| 
G|---------------| 
D|---------------| 
A|---------------| 
E|---------------| 

I don't know if I can use them
E|-----16----------------------17-
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E|16--(16)\14-14-| 
B|---------------| 
G|---------------| 
D|---------------| 
A|---------------| 
E|---------------| 

Am I strong enough            To be 
the one?

     Dadd9                        
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    C                        
E|16-14--(14)\12-12--8-7-------------| 
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A|-----------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------| 

             Will I live to have 
some children?

Chorus 1:

E
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
B/D#
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
     G#m                 C#m
If I only knew the answer
C#m           A         B    A B
I wouldn't be bothering you, Father
E
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
B
Help me get down
      Cm
I can make it
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Help me get down
     C#m               B
If I only knew the answer
       A                      Am
And if all our days are numbered
                         E
Then why do I keep counting?

Interlude:
E|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|-6-----7--6-------6-----7--6-| 
A|----9-------7-7------9-------| 
E|-----------------------------| 

Verse:

C#5
My sugar sweet
A       D#5
Is so atainable
G#5    C#5       F#5    B5
This behaviour so unexplainable
C5 C#5                 A5
The days just slip and slide
                 D#5
Like they always did
G#5        C#5
The trouble is my head
F#                F#m       B
Won't let me forget

Bridge:

F# G#
I took one last good look around

   C#m            B         A      
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|---9-----------8---------6------
D|-----11----------9---------7----
A|--------11---------9---------7--
E|-9----------7---------5---------
    G#m
E|---------| 
B|---------| 
G|---4-----| 
D|-----6---| 
A|-------6-| 
E|4--------| 

So many unusual sounds
F#m Gm  G#m    A        A# B  
I gotta get my feet on the 
     B*
ground

Chorus:

Help me get down
I can make it   (pick slide)

E
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
B/D#
Help me get down
I can make it
Help me get down
     G#m               C#m
If I only knew the answer
              A         B    A  B
I wouldn't be bothering you, Father

E
Help me get down
I can make
Help me get down
B
Help me get down
      Cm
I can make it
Help me get down
     C#m                B
If I only knew the answer
       A                       Am 
And if all our days are numbered
   Asus4


          E                 B  Cm
Would you help me get down?
     C#m                 B
If I only knew the answer
     E                       A
If I change my way of living
         F#m                     
And If I pave my streets with the 
        B
good times
         E                      A
Will the mountain keep on giving?
       C#m        B        A
And if all of our days are numbered

    E     Am6/C
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D|--------2-| 
A|--------0-| 
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