Five for Fighting – The Riddle (Ukulele)

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Intro A Aadd2 Asus4 A (X2)
A     
There was a man back in '95
Whose heart ran out of summers
                      F#m
But before he died, I asked him 
Wait, what's the sense in life
      D            E
Come over me, Come over me

A 
He said,
Son why you got to sing that tune Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
          F#m                   
Let an angel swing and make you swoon

      D                   E
Then you will see... You will see

         D
Then he said,

         E
Here's a riddle for you

A        F#m
Find the Answer

          D              E
There's a reason for the world

        A     (repeat)
You and I...

A      
Picked up my kid from school today
Did you learn anything cause in the world today
             F#m               
You can't live in a castle far away

    D                E
Now talk to me, come talk to me
He said,
A          
Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small
In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all
                 F#m                         
Still  every mother's child sings a lonely song

   D                  E               
So play with me, come play with me

          D
And Hey Dad

          E
Here's a riddle for you

A        F#m
Find the Answer

         D              E
There's a reason for the world

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

A            F#m
When you get right down to the

D              E
Reason for the world...

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

A         
The batter swings and the summer flies
As I look into my angel's eyes
  F#m                             D
A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me

                E
Something comes over me

A           
I guess we're big and I guess we're small
If you think about it man you know we got it all
            F#m
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

A        F#m
Find the Answer

          D              E
There's a reason for the world

        A   
You and I...