I Dont Pick The Music

C F C E I met an old man at a local burnout bar Am C G He was nursing a whiskey and smoking a long cigar F G E Am He told me his wife cheated, left and broke his heart F G C Now he drinks at night to keep out all the dark Am G C I asked him "How do you make it through the day? Am G C F What keeps you going now that she has gone away?" G He closed his eyes a second Em Am And tilted his head F And told me something I don't Dm G Think I'll ever forget Am G He said "I don't pick the music C I just dance F G Sometimes all that you can do is C G Am Do all that you can F G And oftentimes I wonder if it's E Am All part of a plan F G Am But I don't pick the music, I just da-a-ance F G C No, I don't pick the music, I just dance" F C E Bartender told me that she's sick of pouring beers Am C G She's worked here everyday for twenty-five long years F G E7 Am She used to dream she'd have a big acting career F G C She just never made it out of here Am G C I asked her "How do you make it through the day? Am G C F What keeps you going since that dream has gone away?" G E Am She said the best advice that she had ever heard F Was from the old man sitting next to me Dm G So listen to his words Am G Oh, he said "I don't pick the music C I just dance F G Oh, and sometimes all that you can do is C G Am Do all that you can F G And oftentimes I wonder E Am Is it all part of a plan F G Am But I don't pick the music, I just da-a-ance F G C No, I don't pick the music, I just dance" Em So when I don't really know who's in control F Or what the hell is going on Em I can always find some comfort in the fact F That I am not the only one G Oh we're confused, and lost, and lonely Am F And we don't know what to do Dm G But we're on this ride together, so here's to you F G I don't pick the music C I just dance F G Sometimes all that you can do is C G Am Do all that you can F G Oftentimes I wonder E Am Is it all part of a plan F G Am But I don't pick the music, I just da-a-ance F G I don't pick the music