GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD

Intro​
F / Am / F / Am

Verse 1
​F​ Am
The waves lap at my feet
​​ Dm
Coming in for me
​​ Bb
To take me out to sea
​F ​Am
But my instinct to survive
​​ Dm
Will keep me well alive
​ Bb
And make me swim back in

Change
​C​ Dm
​Much as I try to
​​ G
​I can’t find the right move
​​C
To do myself in
​ Dm
Much as I’d like to
​ G
Say ‘Goodbye Cruel World’
C C7 F
I’m still here

Verse 2
​I thought that I’d be gone
​When I was twenty-one
​But I stuck with it
​Some subconscious force of will
​Has made me stop and made me feel
​That I’m not ready yet
​
Change​
Much as I try I
​Can’t find the right time
​To do myself in
​Much as I’d like to
​Say ‘Goodbye Cruel World’
​I’m still here

Mid​
A​ Fsharpm
​I had a dream once
​ Bm
It didn’t come true but
​ E
Maybe it will
​A​ Fsharpm
And maybe this dream is
​ B​ E​ A
The reason I can’t go through with it

Verse 3​
A Csharpm
​The waves come up to my knees
​ Fsharpm
​To drag me further in
D
​And take me out to sea
A Csharpm
​I say ‘Do your worst my friends
Fsharpm
​And I’ll just float back in again
D
​It’s my destiny!’

Change​
E​ Fsharpm
​‘Cause much as I’ve tried to
​ B
​It mustn’t be right to
​ E
​Do myself in
​ Fsharpm
​Yeh much as I’d like to
​ B
​Say ‘Goodbye Cruel World’
​E​ A
​I’m still here
​

© Dermot O’Leary 2010