Five for Fighting – Riddle (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Artist: Five for Fighting Song: The Riddle Capo first fret A x02220 Asus2 x02200 Asus4 x02230 F#m 244222 F#m7 244220 D xx0232 Dsus2 xx0230 Esus4 002200 E 022100 E7sus4 000430 A/G# 402220 [Intro] A Asus2 Asus4 A (x2) [Verse 1]
A     Asus2        Asus4 A
There was a man back in '95

     A           Asus2
Whose heart ran out of summers 

    Asus4    A      F#m
But before he died, I asked him 

                F#m7
Wait, what's the sense in life

          D     Dsus2   Esus4 E
Come over me, Come over me
[Pre-Hook]
A 
He said,

 Asus2             Asus4     A 
Son why you got to sing that tune 

          A      Asus2       Asus4          A
Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon

          F#m                   F#m7
Let an angel swing and make you swoon

         D      Dsus2  Esus4   E
Then you will see... You will see
[Hook]
      D
Then he said,

         E
Here's a riddle for you

A        F#m7
Find the Answer

         D       Dsus2   E
There's a reason for the world

     A  Asus2  Asus4 A    (repeat)
You and I
[Verse 2]
A      Asus2        Asus4  A
Picked up my kid from school today

        A      Asus2            Asus4  A
Did you learn anything cause in the world today

             F#m           F#m7    
You can't live in a castle far away

        D      Dsus2     Esus4    E
Now talk to me, come talk to me
[Pre-Hook] He said,
A          Asus2           Asus4     A
Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small

       A         Asus2            Asus      A
In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all

                 F#m                         F#m7   
Still  every mother's child sings a lonely song

      D        Dsus2    Esus4    E               
So play with me, come play with me
[Hook]
          D
And Hey Dad

          E
Here's a riddle for you

Asus2    F#m7
Find the Answer

         D              E
There's a reason for the world

        A    Gadd2  
You and I
[Verse 3] I said,
 D      E     
Son for all I've told you

A     A/G#       F#m
When you get right down to the

D     Dsus2        E
Reason for the world...

           A  Asus2  Asus4 A          
Who am I?
[Bridge]
D         E              A                 F#m
There are secrets that we still have left to find

D             E                A             G
There have been mysteries from the beginning of time

D        E                A              F#
There are answers we're not wise enough to see

          D                            E7sus4    E   E7sus4   E 
He said... You looking for a clue I Love You free

A         Asus2         Asus4     A 
The batter swings and the summer flies

    A     Asus2    Asus4   A
As I look into my angel's eyes

  F#m7                            D
A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me

               E
Something comes over me
[Hook]
A          Asus2      Asus4       A 
I guess we're big and I guess we're small

       A           Asus2           Asus4      A
If you think about it man you know we got it all

            F#m7
Cause we're all we got on this bouncing ball

       D
And I love you free

   E
I love you freely
[Outro]
D        E 
Here's a riddle for you

Asus2     F#m
Find the Answer

          Dsus2          E
There's a reason for the world

A   Asus2      Asus  A      A   Asus2   A
You and I