Intro
| E5 | E5 | 
 
Verse 1
Em              Am 
Sunset over the high-rise, 
Em        C 
by a motorway 
Em                 Am 
A little man looks up at the sky, 
Em            C 
an uneventful end to a wasted day 
 
Chorus (Guitar part *)
Em 
  Close-up on the man at the window, 
C 
  Looking at the street down below 
Am 
  It's obvious he's got things on his mind 
Em                                         (A5 D5 E5) 
  He shakes his head, pulls down the blind 
 
Verse 2
Em                   Am 
He start's writing a letter, 
Em                   C 
to make it perfectly clear 
Em                                Am 
He's just a man who's reached the end of his rope, 
Em                            C 
expressing his doubts and his fears 
 
Chorus (Guitar part *)
Em 
In a world, feels so lonely and afraid 
C 
Disillusioned by the promises they made 
Am 
It's a pity that it ended up this way 
Em                        (A5 D5 E5) 
Life is just a cliché 
 
Verse 3
Em             Am 
I'm gonna do tomorrow, 
Em               C 
what I did yesterday 
            Em                     Am 
It's such a dull routine, somebody cut this scene 
      Em 
It's such a boring cliché 
 
Bridge
C          F 
Live life, day to day 
C        F 
Seems so passé 
C              F 
Everything you hear and say 
C            F 
Just another cliché 
 
Chorus (Guitar part **)
Am 
  Like an actor on a movie screen 
F 
  Living out someone else's dream 
Dm 
  Living out a total misconception 
Am                               Am 
  Reality, a false perception 
 
Verse 4
Em          Am 
Whoa ..        It's such a wasted life 
Em          C 
Whoa ..        Without any conclusion 
Em          Am      Em 
Whoa .. 
 
Bridge
C          F 
Days drift into days 
    C         F 
His life just slips away 
C         F 
People so blasé 
C              F 
Everything's a cliché 
 
Chorus (Guitar part **)
Am          F 
     Yes it is 
       Dm 
Yes it is 
        Am 
Just an illusion 
        Am       (A5 D5 Em) 
Just an illusion 
 
Verse 5
Em                 Am 
Moonlight over the high-rise, 
Em                C 
at the end of the day 
Em                   Am 
The little man is asleep in his bed, 
Em                C 
tucked up, safely away 
 
Spoken
Am                                        F 
  In his dreams he's taken away by alien beings to another galaxy 
                      Dm 
Deep in space, to a planet where a man can live out his fantasies, 
                     Am                  Am    C   C 
and experience unimaginable pleasures 
Em 
But morning comes and soon the realities of life will 
Em                      (E5 G5 A5) 
Shatter his illusions, 
Am 
and the cliches of the world will bring him down, 
Am 
but still he's waiting for a change 
 
Bridge
C          F 
Days drift into days 
    C         F 
His life just slips away 
C             F 
Everything is passé 
C              F 
Everything's a cliché 
 
Chorus (Guitar part **)
Am          F 
     Yes it is 
       Dm 
Yes it is 
        Am 
Just an illusion 
        Am        (A5 D5 Em) 
Just an illusion 
       F 
Yes it is 
       Dm       Em   E 
Yes it is 
Am 
  See the sunlight over the motorway 
F 
  The little man, with anger in his eyes 
Dm 
  Stands by the window, looks at the sky 
 
Outro
| Esus4 | Esus4 | E | E | 
| E5 G5 Am | 
 
***** Tabs ******** 
 
Intro 
  E5 
e|-------------|--------------| 
B|-------------|--------------| 
G|-2-----9-----|--2--2-----9--| 
D|-2-----9-----|--2--2-----9--| 
A|-0-----7-----|--0--0-----7--| 
E|---3-0-------|-------3-0----| 
 
Guitar part * 
  Em                           C 
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
B|----3-3---------------------|----3-3----------------------| 
G|-4-4---5-5-2-2-4-4---2-2----|-------5-5-2-2-4-4---2-2-----| 
D|------------------5-5---5-4-|-2-2--------------5-5---5-4--| 
A|----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
 
  Am                           Em 
e|----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
B|----3-3---------------------|----3-3------------------3---| 
G|-------5-5-2-2-4-4---2-2----|-------5-5-2-2-4-4-----2-2---| 
D|-2-2--------------5-5---5-4-|-2-2--------------5-5--2-0-2-| 
A|----------------------------|-----------------------0---2-| 
E|----------------------------|---------------------------0-| 
 
Guitar part ** 
  Am                              F 
e|-0-0-3-3-1-1---0-0------------|----3-3-1-1----0-0------------| 
B|------------3-3---1-1-3-3-1-0-|------------3-3---1-1-3-3-1-0-| 
G|------------------------------|-2-2--------------------------| 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
 
  Dm                             Am 
e|-----3-3-1-1---0-0------------|----3-3-1-1----0-0------------| 
B|------------3-3---1-1-3-3-1-0-|------------3-3---1-1-3-3-1-0-| 
G|-2-2--------------------------|-2-2--------------------------| 
D|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|