Five for Fighting – Riddle (Ukulele)

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The Riddle Capo first fret
A       X02220
Aadd2   X02200
Asus4 X02230 F#m 244222 F#m7 244220 D XX0232
D2      XX0230
Esu4    002200  
E 022100 E7sus4 000430 A/G# 402220 Intro A Aadd2 Asus4 A (X2)
A     Aadd2        Asus 4 A
There was a man back in '95

     A           Aadd2
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     D2      Esus4 E
Come over me, Come over me

A 
He said,

 A2               Asus4     A 
Son why you got to sing that tune 

          A      Aadd2       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      D2     Esus4   E
Then you will see... You will see

      D
Then he said,

         E
Here's a riddle for you

A        F#m7
Find the Answer

         D       D2     E
There's a reason for the world

     A  Aadd2  Asus4 A    (repeat)
You and I...

A      Aadd2        Asus4  A
Picked up my kid from school today

        A      Aadd2            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      D2        Esus4    E
Now talk to me, come talk to me
He said,
A          Aadd2           Asus4     A
Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small

       A         Aadd2            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        D2       Esuss4    E               
So play with me, come play with me

          D
And Hey Dad

          E
Here's a riddle for you

A2       F#m7
Find the Answer

         D              E
There's a reason for the world

        A    Gadd2  
You and I...
I said,
 D      E     
Son for all I've told you

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

D     Dadd2        E
Reason for the world...

           A  Aadd2  Asus4 A          
Who am I?

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         Aadd2         Asus 4    A 
The batter swings and the summer flies

    A     Aadd2    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

A          Aadd2      Asus        A 
I guess we're big and I guess we're small

       A           Aadd2           Asus       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

D        E 
Here's a riddle for you

Add2      F#m
Find the Answer

          Dadd2          E
There's a reason for the world

A   Aadd2      Asus  A      A   Add2   A
You and I...