Taken For A Ride


Verse 1: Cmaj7 Em Marvin walked into a helpless land and wondered lightly Ab Eb Bb "Am I happy?....Is this happy?" Cmaj7 Em Following the footsteps set by man he said to reprimand Ab Eb Bb the mystic, Who's sadistic Cmaj7 Em Took a step into the elevaaaator who said, Ab Eb Bb "Guess I'll see you later, don't you worry." Cmaj7 Em Fifteen flights that lasted nights and days that spent Ab Eb Bb without a cent for creatures, with their beat shirts Prechorus: Bb* C* Bb* Ab* Bb* Bb* Ab* Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill Verse 2: Cmaj7 Em Next the stranded senate from the white brick house with flowers Ab Eb Bb asked some questions for their story Cmaj7 Em All feeling now he took his bow and left the stage of time Ab Eb Bb with no answers to no questions Cmaj7 Em Lonely paperbacks that wanted just a taste of feeling Ab Eb Bb to implode them, before living Cmaj7 Em Tiptoed to that wooden sign that said, Ab Eb Bb "now take your place in line for happy, this is lovely" Prechorus: Bb* C* Bb* Ab* Bb* Bb* Ab* Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill Chorus: F C Dm C# Ab One secondary smile to go that extra mile C# Ab Ab/G** F to make me feel today to make it go away C Dm C# Ab the chemistry is gone taken for a ride Db Ab Db Cmaj7--Em--Ab--Eb--Bb far away from you No longer left inside Verse 3: Cmaj7 Em the actor with his world renowned was thinking Ab Eb Bb 'bout his last real day of silence, was it over? Cmaj7 Em or is it just we all think that our answer isn't real Ab Eb Bb its just a picture of a letter Cmaj7 Em bumble mumble make the rounds no matter what you'll seem profound Ab Eb Bb it's useless just to worry Cmaj7 Em something normal happens somewhere far away in clouds Ab Eb Bb so please stop thinking this is happy Prechorus: Bb* C* Bb* Ab* Bb* Bb* Eb* E* Listening to painted whispered light on top forgotten hill Chorus(2x): F C Dm C# Ab One secondary smile to go that extra mile C# Ab Ab/G F to make me feel today to make it go away C Dm C# Ab the chemistry is gone taken for a ride C# Ab Ab/G F far away from you No longer left inside C Dm C# Ab One secondary smile to go that extra mile C# Ab Ab/G F to make me feel today to make it go away C Dm C# Ab the chemistry is gone taken for a ride Db Ab Ab/G (Ab--Bb--Db...2x) far away from you No longer left inside End Verse: Ab--Bb--Db there're no secrets in the door Ab--Bb--Db just a moment doing chores Ab and there's something, and there's something Bb C# and there's something and there's something next to nothing Ab Bb and there's something and there's something C# But you're gone *Really nopt sure at all with that prechorus, I can't figure it out for the life of me. easier on piano. **Ab/G can also be played just as a Db if you're uneasy about that chord. It sounds fine too. Any questions or comments? Email me at ozmacity@yahoo.com