Verse: 
 
E6         B   E  
I've got a hunger  
F#          A  
Twisting my stomach into knots.  
E6        B          E           F#   A  
  That my tongue has tied off.  
 
E6         B    E  
My brain's repeating  
F#                 A  
"If you've got an impulse let it out"  
E6         B     E       F#      A  
  But they never make it past my mouth.  
 
Chorus:  
E*    E/F#  
Bop ba  
B*          A*  
This is the sound of settling  
E*    E/F#    B*       A*  
Bop ba Bop ba  
(x2)  
 
INTERLUDE:  
E6  B   E   F#  A (x2)  
 
VERSE 2:  
E6           B      E  
Our youth is fleeting,  
F#          A  
Old age is just around the bend.  
E6      B          E     F#    A  
  And I can't wait to go gray.  
 
E6               B    E  
And I'll sit and wonder  
F#        A  
 Of every love that could've been.  
E6           B          E         F#           A  
 If I'd only thought of something charming to say.  
 
Chorus:  
E*    E/F#  
Bop ba  
B*          A*  
This is the sound of settling  
E*    E/F#    B*       A*  
Bop ba Bop ba  
(x4)  
 
E6         B   E  
I've got a hunger  
F#           A (let ring)  
twisting my stomach into knots.