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Version 1 Version 3Capo at 5th, transpose +5,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!) ask if you want chord fingering help. C Em Dm7 F2 Em7 G F2 C Em Dm7 F2 C Em Dm7 F2 They say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known C Em Dm7 F2 G D G And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own -E7 Am G F2 - C/E Now I've seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes D7sus D7 Gsus G And I can only stand apart and sympathize F C/E Dm7 G F2 Bb- F For we are always what our situations hand us, it's either sadness or euphoria C Em Dm7 F2 C Em Dm7 F2 So we'll argue and we'll compromise, and realize that nothing's ever changed C Em Dm7 F2 G D G For all our mutual experience, our separate conclusions are the same -E7 Am G F2 -C/E Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity D7sus D7 Gsus G Our reason coexists with our insanity F C/E Dm7 G F2 Bb-F E7- And though we choose between reality and madness, it's either sadness or euphoria Am G F2 -C/E How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies D7sus D7 Gsus G Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies F C/E Dm7 G F2 Bb- And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives with our respective similarities F G C C/E It's either sadness or euphoria (repeat and fade)