The Punchline

[Intro ]
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Am E7 Am E7 

 
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This place I've landed, seems so familiar 
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Heard these voices in my head before 
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No recollection of my past lives 
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As my memory is born 
 

 
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Frozen headlights turn to polished silver 
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As we're ejected from the wreck 
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This gravity seems somewhat out of order 
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As our bodies hit the deck. 
 

 
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As we're passing through this wasteland 
E7               C6      E7       Am 
Just don't stray too far from the road 
    C        Dm                 Am 
Now they may call life the only punchline 
      E7   C6         E7       F  G  F  G Am 
To a joke nobody seems to know. 
 

 
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These reels turning, high definition 
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As the story started to unfold 
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Will I be plagued with my indecision 
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Or does someone else have the controls? 
 

 
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There's a freedom in the thought of flying 
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That only birds would seem to know 
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There's only terror in the thought of landing 
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When you're facing it alone. 
 

 
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I gripped the wheel tightly in my hand 
    C                        F 
But I won't dream of letting go 
         E                  Bdim7 
As we're headed towards the ditches 
      C             F    G 
I see time begin to slow down. 

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Am C     Dm                   Am 
As we're passing through this wasteland 
E7               C6      E7       Am 
Just don't stray too far from the road 
    C        Dm                 Am 
Now they may call life the only punchline 
      E7   C6         E7       F  G  F  G Am 
To a joke nobody seems to know.