The Riddle by Five For Fighting

Intro     A  Aadd2  Asus4  A  (X2)
 
A     
There was a man back in '95
     
Whose heart ran out of summers 
                      F#m
But before he died, I asked him 
                
Wait, what's the sense in life
      D            E
Come over me, Come over me
A 
He said,
  
Son why you got to sing that tune 
          
Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
          F#m                   
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
      D                   E
Then you will see... You will see

         D
Then he said,
         E
Here's a riddle for you
A        F#m
Find the Answer
          D              E
There's a reason for the world

        A     (repeat)
You and I...
 


A      
Picked up my kid from school today
        
Did you learn anything cause in the world today
             F#m               
You can't live in a castle far away
    D                E
Now talk to me, come talk to me
 
He said, 
A          
Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small
       
In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all
                 F#m                         
Still  every mother's child sings a lonely song
   D                  E               
So play with me, come play with me
          D
And Hey Dad
          E
Here's a riddle for you
A        F#m
Find the Answer
         D              E
There's a reason for the world
        A    G  
You and I...
 
I said, 
 D      E     
Son for all I've told you
A            F#m
When you get right down to the
D              E
Reason for the world...
       A           
Who am I?

 
D         E                A                 F#m
There are secrets that we still have left to find
D               E                  A             G
There have been mysteries from the beginning of time
D         E                 A              F#
There are answers we're not wise enough to see
               D                             E
He said... You looking for a clue I Love You free...

A         
The batter swings and the summer flies
    
As I look into my angel's eyes
  F#m                             D
A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me
                E
Something comes over me
A           
I guess we're big and I guess we're small
       
If you think about it man you know we got it all
            F#m
Cause we're all we got on this bouncing ball
       D
And I love you free
   E
I love you freely
D        E 
Here's a riddle for you
A        F#m
Find the Answer
          D              E
There's a reason for the world
        A   
You and I...

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