E
Once I was a man
G#m
Stronger than the shelf
A
Once there was a plan
    B
But one can never tell
F#m
Once a mother's gone
    B
The children raise themselves

[Verse 2]
E
Once I was alive
G#m
Breathing in the air
A
Now the more I lie
    B
The less I lose my hair
F#m
Now the road is wide
B
Now the people stare
F#m
Waiting open-eyed
    B
For once a meaning there

[Verse 3]
    E
For one can see the light
G#m
Underneath the bed
    C#m
For months there at a time
  G#m
Believing every thread
    G
And months would flutter by
    Bm
And fears would all have fled
    C
And it'll all be fine
   D
At least that's what you said
Am
Whoa
D

[Verse 4]
  G
I want to buy a house
  Bm
I want to make a stand
  C
I want to love a girl
  D
I want to love a man
  Am
I want to kill the past
  D
I want to stop the sand
  Am
I want another chance
    D
But one is all you have

[Verse 5]
       G
But if once more I could feel
Bm
What I felt before
    Em
I'd hold it like it's real
    Bm
I'd never let it fall
    Bb
I'd blow up every bridge
    Dm
I'd build up every wall
    Eb
And nothing could get in
    F
But nothing could be born
Cm F
Whoa
Cm F
Whoa

[Verse 6]
    Bb
And everything looks nice
Dm
Nothing is unwell
    Eb
But once the fruit of God
   F
Forever live in hell
    Cm
And once you choose a side
        F
There's nothing left to win
    Cm
And once a lover dies
    F
You never love again