Intro: C E C E
Verse:
C E
Long as I'm on this side of forever
C E
I'll be singin' for my supper, won't say never
C E
And the road I take, whether high or low I know
C E
Once I catch a song I've got to let it go
E G E G
Here we go now... yeah
Verse:
E G
Wake up boy this is your conscience
E D
Parrot on your shoulder who nags at you to win
E C
Loser for a moment, but a moment seems a lifetime
A D C E C D
Wrong side of the bed, here we go again, here we go again
Verse:
C E
Nights I've spent so drunk from guzzlin' wonder
C E
Morning manager cracks the whip I fight not to go under
D
And If and when my ship rolls in
A
Well, Lord I'll have it made
C
And I'll toss my blues up the sky
A Bm C D C
Throw on my mirrored shaaaaaades
Pre-Chorus
C D
Some like to play it safe
C A G A G C D
Others dangeroooous, ooooooooooh
C D
They say that safety sells
C A G A G
But I dig that danger ruuuuuush, ooooooooh
E
Oddball draws his water
A D
From another well
E
A sore thumb is a beacon
A D
That leads you out of Hell
C D
Oddball heed the call
C D
You've got to answer when the light goes on
C D
Oddball heed the call
C D C E C D
You've got to answer when the light goes on
BREAK:
C
Bathroom wall poet
E
Or a pigeon with a message
C
Hopin' my two-cents worth
E D
Will pull you from the wreckaaaaage
Pre-Chorus
E C
Let the bells of originality ring
A
Let the voices that choose their own path
G Bm C D C D
siiiiiiiiiing
C D
They say that safety sells
C A G A G
But I dig that danger ruuuuuush, ooooooooh
E
Oddball draws his water
A D
From another well
E
A sore thumb is a beacon
A D
That leads you out of Hell
C D
Oddball heed the call
C D
You've got to answer when the light goes on
C D
Oddball heed the call
C D
You've got to answer when the light goes on
OUTRO:
PLAY C E (6x)
You've got to answer when the light goes on
You've got to answer when the light goes on
(Got to answer when the light goes on)
You've got to answer when the light goes on
(Got to answer when the light goes on)
Ooh, yeah
(Got to answer when the light goes on)
You've got to answer when the light goes on
(Got to answer when the light goes on)