I Grow Tired But I Dare Not Fall Asleep

 D
Count me out
      C
I'm heading to Ecuador
    Bb
No more letters
    A
We just shred them all
    D
Counting coins
           C
Bits of copper crud
          Bb
Stare at the stars
         A
Feeling out of luck
        D
Out of time
        C
Out of time
          Bb
Out of my body
           A
Out of my mind
            D
Maybe I've lost it
           C
Who even cares?
         Bb
Bury my head until
            A
this life becomes fair

[Chorus]
             D
And I grow tired
             C
But then I fall asleep
           Bb
Who knows what?
                   A
Will I wait if I fall too deep?
             D
Call it a mission
            C
Call it a inner fear
           Bb
But I am awake
       A
I am awake
             D
And I grow tired
             C
But then I fall asleep
            Bb
Who knows what?
                   A
Will I wait if I fall too deep?
             D
Call it a mission
            C
Call it a inner fear
           Bb
But I am awake
       A
I am awake

[Verse 2]
                 D
I swear in my dreams
             C
I saved you from a fall
            Bb
And I was king
             A
But then I drank it all
        D
Swayed off the road
              C
Caring for nothing much
             Bb
Some say reckless
          A
I say out of touch
             D
I'm sick of the noise
               C
Why won't it let me be?
        Bb
Fine my own
                      A
But all these hands keep on grabbing me
                D
I'm taking my cheer
           C
Taking a stand
            Bb
Taking the piss
             A
Because it seems that we can

[Chorus]
            D
So I grow tired
            C
But then I fall asleep
            Bb
Who knows what?
                   A
Will I wait if I fall too deep?
            D
Call it a mission
             C
Call it a inner fear
           Bb
But I am awake
       A
I am awake
            D
So I grow tired
             C
But then I fall asleep
            Bb
Who knows what?
                   A
Will I wait if I fall too deep?
             D
Call it a mission
            C
Call it a inner fear
          Bb
But I am awake
       A
I am awake

[Verse 3]
           D
Let's run away
                 C
Let's leave it all behind
            Bb
Only possessions
                     A
Stuff we collect in time
              D
Just feel different
                  C
Itchy beneath my skin
               Bb
Can't quite explain it
                     A
I can't stand the questioning
                   D
Can somebody tell me
                        C
Where the hell is the dimmer switch?
                 Bb
Done with his thinking
                   A
Laid out like a crucifix
             D
And I want peace
        C
In my heart in my inner being
           Bb
But won't find it here
N.C.
With all this content warmongering

[Chorus]
            D
And I grow tired
             C
But then I fall asleep
           Bb
Who knows what?
                   A
Will I wait if I fall too deep?
             D
Call it a mission
             C
Call it a inner fear
          Bb
But I am awake
       A
I am awake
             D
And I grow tired
             C
But then I fall asleep
            Bb
Who knows what?
                  A
Will I wait if I fall too deep?
             D
Call it a mission
             C
Call it a inner fear
          Bb
But I am awake
       A
I am awake
       D
I am awake

[Outro]
C Bb A
D C Bb A .....fade out