Verse: G#m D#m F# We told our tales as we G#m D#m F# sat under morninʼs sleepy G#m D#m F# sky G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# With all the colours of the G#m D#m F# sunrise shining in our G#m D#m F# eyes G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# E D#m F# One, then another with a E D#m F# story of yesterdayʼs G#m D#m F# lives G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# E D#m F# Or of a lover who had E D#m F# gone in a moment of G#m D#m F# strife Verse: G#m D#m F# No thought of sleep ever G#m D#m F# dwells upon the wise manʼs G#m D#m F# mind G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# Some task or audience G#m D#m F# stealing every moment of his G#m D#m F# time G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# E D#m F# Thus we have learned to live while E D#m F# mortal man lies waiting to G#m D#m F# die G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# E D#m F# How can we do what must be E D#m F# done in just one short G#m D#m F# life? Bridge: Bm And if you ask, then you should G know, if you still doubt you should be E told, it was not we that made it G so, it was by those who went G#m before... G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# G#m D#m F# And there you sit tomorrowʼs G#m D#m F# child, so full of love so full of G#m D#m F# life, but you must rise to meet the G#m D#m F# day, lest you become another G#m D#m F# tale, and there you sit tomorrowʼs
