Phrase That Pays

Am           C D  Am                       C D
  My eyes can't believe what they have seen.
         Am                            C  D    Am                     C D
  In the corner of your room you've stockpiled millions of my memories.
Am                      C D      Am                      C D
  Oh Doctor, Doctor, I must have gotten this sick somehow.
               Am
  I'm going to ask you a series of questions,
        C D       Am                          C D
  And I want them answered on the spot, right now.


Am      F
  Is it serious?
C      D
  I'm afraid it is.
Am     F
  Am I gonna die?
C      D    Am             F           C       D
  Well son, death is gonna catch up to all one day,
      Am              F            C          D
  But yours is coming quicker than ours, than ours.


G
  Some things I may have taken for granted again and again,

  well here's what was said then


  Am        C                     F
  Hold your head high heavy heart.
            G
  So take a chance and make it big,
                 Am
  Cause it’s the last you’ll ever get.
C
  If we don’t take it, when will we make it?
G                 G
  I make plans to break plans,
                C
  And I’ve been planning something big, planning something big, planning.


[same as intro rhythm]

Am                             C    D  Am
  I’ve never tried to make the best of my time,
                            C      D
  When I thought that I had plenty of it.


Am        F
  Is this serious?
C         D
  I don’t know what to think.
Am      F
  Is it all a lie?
C      D
  Well one thing is for sure
Am          F           C     D
  I'm taken back to the glory days when
Am             F               C              D
  When we were kids without a brash or bitter thing to say.


G
  Now my life is one big make it, or break it.


Am          C
  Hold your head high heavy heart
F
  Save your strength for the morning after.
            G
  So take a chance and make it big,
                 Am
  Cause it’s the last you’ll ever get.
C
  If we don’t take it, when will we make it?
G                 Am
  I make plans to break plans,
                C
  And I’ve been planning something big, planning something big, planning.