Then Ill Be Smiling

Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* Trailed by a mess Cadd9 Of masking tape G Construction paper D* And the best of intentions Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D* He tried to patch up every hole as he went Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D* Back and forth and back again Cadd9 G D* And his friends half full of half concerns Cadd9 G D* Embarrassed looks and tired words Bmadd#5 They burrowed deeper Cadd9 D* Into the ignorant little lives they preferred Bmadd#5 Cadd9 And he envied their distance D* Their lack of concern He thought Am7 G/B C Once I shed the whole of me Am7 G/B C Once I shed the whole of me E7 A Then I'll be smiling Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* He cursed himself Cadd9 G D* And his instinct to nurse every idea to health Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D* And all of the falls that he'd spent Bmadd#5 Cadd9 D* Trying to coax his name from the mouths of success He thought Am7 G/B C Once I shed the whole of me Am7 G/B C Once I shed the whole of me E7 A Then I'll be smiling G D/F# G/B Cadd9 They litter me with small awarenesses G D/F# G/B Cadd9 Then they ask if I'm good enough G D/F# G/B Cadd9 Litter me with small awarenesses D Just to wake me up D/C# Why do the fools wake me up Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D* Am7 G/B C Once I shed the whole of me Am7 G/B C Once I shed the whole of me E7 A Then I'll be smiling G D/F# G/B Cadd9 They litter me with small awarenesses G D/F# G/B Cadd9 Then they ask if I'm good enough G D/F# G/B Cadd9 Litter me with small awarenesses D Just to wake me up G D/F# G/B Cadd9 Litter me with small awarenesses G D/F# G/B Cadd9 And they have the gall to ask if I'm good enough G D/F# G/B Cadd9 They litter me with small awarenesses D Just to wake me up D/C# Why do the fools wake me up Cadd9 G D* Cadd9 G D