They say that (F5)these are not the best of times,

but (Gm11)they’re the on ly times I’ve ev er (F5)known.

And I be (F5)lieve there is a time for med i ta tion in ca (Bb)the drals of our (C)own.

(A7)Now I have (Dm)seen that sad sur (F)ren der in my (Bb)lov er’s eyes,

and (G7sus)I can on ly stand.

a part and (Csus)sym pa thize.

For we are (Bb)al ways what our (F)sit u a tions hand us, it’s eith er (C)sad ness or

eu pho ri a.

So we’ll (F5)ar gue and we’ll com pro mise, and (Gm7)re al ize

that (Bb)noth ing’s ev er changed.

For all our mu tu al ex (Fmaj7)per i ence, our sep a rate con clu sions are the (C)same.

(A7)Now we are (Dm)forced to rec og nize our in hum an i ty.

Our (G7sus)rea son co ex (G7)ists with our in (Csus)san i ty.

And though we (Bb)choose be tween re al i ty and (Gm7)mad ness, it’s eith er (C)sad ness or

eu pho ri a.

(A)How (Dm)thought less ly we (F)dis si pate our (Bb)en er gies.

Per (G7sus)haps we don’t ful fill each oth er’s (Csus)fan ta sies.

And as we (Bb)stand up on the ledg es of our lives

with our (C)res pect ive sim i (Bb)lar i ties,

it’s eith er (Csus2)sad ness or

eu pho ri a.

(F)Whoa

ho, ho.

Whoa, ho,

ho,

(Bb)whoa.