Something In Common

Intro:  E A E  x2


E                A                E
All my mornings start with the alarm clock
E                  G#7               C#m
Every dream gets stopped before the end
         E              A                  E                   A
And with each bit I remember, the more the details run together
             E              G#7               C#m   F#7
And I’m left with a message I don’t understand
           E                B       A     E
I’ve lost contact with the great beyond again


          C#m                        G#m
And as I stare over my breakfast and out into the street
             Bm7                               A
I find that sorrow I’ve been chasing way too often
          C#m                                       G#m
That the man that stands in front of you is not the sum of all his dreams
         A                 E             A
But I’m hoping they’ve got something in common
    A                  E             A
I’m hoping they’ve got something in common


    E                 A                      E
The way that love attacks and then surrenders
    E                   G#7                C#m
The things I mean the most when I say her name
          E                   A         E                 A
And if he ever speaks of me casually, I hope he does so carefully
                  E               G#7                 C#m   F#7
Cause when you’ve loved somebody, everything’s to blame
      E                  B     A        E
And I don’t want her to ever feel ashamed


    C#m                                     G#m
But all my best kept secrets are the ones I didn’t know I had
     Bm7                           A
So I couldn’t even tell her if I wanted
         C#m                                  G#m
That the way that she remembers me is not the way I really am
        A                  E              A
But I’m hoping they’ve got something in common
    A                  E             A
I’m hoping they’ve got something in common
    D#m7               G#7            C#m7     E7
I’m hoping they’ve got something in common

D     D      Dm

   A              D            A
So I feel like a man behind a camera
           A              Bdim7              F#m
Who waits patiently for something he won’t see
          A               D                   A              D
I need to stop giving suggestions and just illuminate the questions
A                      C#7        F#m7   B7
That seems much more accurate to me
   A                  E              A
So keep the frame as wide as it can be

      F#m                                         C#m
Cause all the love and friends and happiness that ever came my way
Em7                                       D
Revealed themselves the moment I stopped watching
               F#m                                     C#m
Cause it’s not faith that comes from miracles, but miracles that come from faith
        D                     A             D
And I’m sure that they’ve got something in common
  D                     A              D
I know that they’ve got something in common
  G#m7                  C#7            F#m7   A7
I know that they’ve got something in common
Dm   G   A