VERSE 1:
C Gsus4 G C
Scared of losing all the time
Gsus4 G C
He wrote it in a letter
Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G
He was a friend of mine
C Gsus4 G C
He heard you could see your future
Gsus4 G C
Inside a glass of water
Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G
The ripples and the rhymes
G F G
And he asked 'Will I see heaven in mine?'
C Gsus4 G
C Gsus4 G
VERSE 2:
C Gsus4 G C
Oh that is just the way it was,
Gsus4 G C
Nothing could be better,
Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G
and nothing ever was.
C Gsus4 G C
Oh, they say you can see your future
Gsus4 G C
inside a glass of water.
Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G
The riddles and the rhymes
F G
Will I see heaven in mine?
G
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 1:
C Em Am F C Em Am F
Son, don't ask,
C Em Am F C Em Am F
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
C Em Am F C Em Am F
Cling to the mast
C Em Am F Gsus4 F
Spend your whole life living in your past
G
Going nowhere fast
D Asus4 A
D Asus4 A
D Asus4 A
D Asus4 A
VERSE 3:
C Gsus4 G C
So he wrote it on a wall
Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G
The hollow-est of halos is no halo at all
C Gsus4 G C
Televisions selling plastic
Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G C Gsus4 G
Figurines of leaders saying nothing at all
F
And we chimed, stars in heaven align
G
Ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-ohhh-I
CHORUS 2:
C Em Am F C Em Am F
Son, don't ask,
C Em Am F C Em Am F
Neither how full nor empty is your glass
C Em Am F C Em Am F
Cling to the mast
C Em Am F Gsus4 F
Spend your whole life living in your past
G
Going nowhere fast
BRIDGE:
F Gsus4 C Am F Gsus4 G
C Em Am F C
C Em Am F C
C Em Am F C
C Em Am F C
OUTRO:
C G
And what are we drinking when we're done?
F C
Glasses of water.