Verse
F C
A field, desolate
G
And underfoot
F
A tarmac river flows
F C
I wait to depart
G
An inconceivable aught
F
When you're no wings and all elbows
F C
Oh, it's so cold
G
I watch my breath unfold
F
It wraps us in a cloud of gloom
F C
Through adversity
G F
Hope must not become the casualty
Bridge
F C
It's common for people to believe
Am
Everything happens for a reason
F
I'm sorry that's false, and it's poison
F C
But even if there is no purpose
Am
To the things that you have gone through
F
An ordeal can reveal an airfield
Verse
F C
Stop, disown fear
G
And I'll be here
F
If you need a friend, my dear
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am G
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am G
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
No, it don't!
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
(No, it don't!)
F G
So you're down on your luck, you're down
Am G
Yeah, you're down on your luck, you're down
F G
But that don't mean you're out
Am Em
No, it don't mean you're out, now
F G
It don't mean you're out, now
Am G
It don't mean you're out
F G Am G
Verse
F
When the wind's against you
G
Remember this insight:
Am
That's the optimal condition
G
For birds to take flight
F
Now the wind's against you
G C
Don't give up the fight