Intro
 
D     C  D    C  G/B  A 
 
Dm  A7sus  D  C 
 
Verse 1
 
    G/A  D                  G 
I'm in search of greener pastures 
               D                 G 
Don't like my garden's what I said 
                D                     G 
Although I'm working harder than last year 
          D      G       D 
I'm still deep in the red 
        C                  G 
I am rowing as hard as I can 
             C                    G 
And they're selling me up a stream 
            D           Bm 
I'm always one more step away 
E                      Dm   D9sus4 
From the American dream 
 
Verse 2
 
    G/A  D                  G 
I got a chip on my shoulder 
            D                 G 
About the size of a mental block 
              D                 G 
I've got someone on the telephone 
          D          G        D 
Trying to sell me a future in stock 
        C                   G 
Maybe I work too hard to be happy 
             C                  G 
And I should practice letting go 
           D             Bm 
But it's hard not to rock the boat 
    E                              Dm   D9sus4 
When you're sailing against the undertow 
 
Chorus
 D             G             A 
I want to slide into the black 
                   D 
And wear the black mask 
               G 
I might not get what I lack 
A               Dm         D9sus4 
But it doesn't hurt to ask 
     N.C. 
If I want to sail 
G          A            D 
I need my life to be breezier 
D            C           G/B 
I said please, God or someone 
          A Gsus F  D 
Make it   easier 
 
Interlude
 
D     C  D    C  G/B  A 
 
Dm  A7sus  D  C 
 
Verse 3
 
    G/A    D                  G 
I went to Sunday school every Sunday 
               D                 G 
Swallowed the bait and I got the hook 
              D               G 
When I needed something someday 
       D          G      D 
I would read the good book 
              C                   G 
Tell me what does it take to get ahead 
             C                  G 
Sometimes I know I'd sell my soul 
            D                         Bm 
When it looks like everybody else is flying 
    E                       Dm   D9sus4 
And I'm crawling in the hole 
 
Verse 4
 
    G/A  D                  G 
Well maybe if I open my own business 
           D               G 
Maybe if I buy a lottery ticket 
             D                 G 
Someone tell me what is the secret 
   D       G             D 
To getting out of the thicket 
         C                G 
Give me more than just a sample 
        C             G 
I need a whole lot of glory 
   D                Bm 
My life become an example 
    E                       Dm   D9sus4 
Of the American success story 
 
Chorus
 
 D             G             A 
I want to slide into the black 
                   D 
And wear the black mask 
               G 
I might not get what I lack 
A               Dm         D9sus4 
But it doesn't hurt to ask 
     N.C. 
If I want to sail 
G          A            D 
I need my life to be breezier 
D            C           G/B 
I said please, God or someone 
          A Gsus F  D 
Make it   easier 
 
Chorus
 
 D             G             A 
I want to slide into the black 
                   D 
And wear the black mask 
               G 
I might not get what I lack 
A               Dm         D9sus4 
But it doesn't hurt to ask 
     N.C. 
If I want to sail 
G          A            D 
I need my life to be breezier 
D            C           G/B 
I said please, God or someone 
          A Gsus F  D 
Make it   easier 
          A Gsus F  D 
Make it easier 
          A Gsus F  D 
Make it easier 
 
Make it easier