In Transition
The narrator reflects on getting old.
LYRICS & CHORDS:
(Dm) I'm in transition, wasn't my de(C)cision
Life (Bb) grabs you by the throat and makes you (A) change
Doesn't ask per(Dm)mission! Your choice? Sub(C)mission!
(Bb) No use balking at (A) something prea(Dm)rranged
Like that (Bb) pimply kid I was at fif(F)teen
Com(C)plaining that life was very (Dm) mean
I (Bb) rant about the path that I'm now (F) on
As (C) if my very will to choose was (Dm) gone
"It (Bb) comes to us all" is no re(F)lief
(C) Time is such a heartless (Dm) thief
It's (Bb) no surprise this future was fore(F) told
One (C) day you wake up and find you're (Dm) old
CHORUS
Just (Bb) getting up gets to be a (F) strain
You ac(C)custom yourself to that back (Dm) pain
(Bb) Words that used to flow seem to get (F) stuck
Doc (C) says it's normal, but I'm horror (Dm) struck
The (Bb) memories are in there some(F)where
But the (C) needle on the hard disk need (Dm) repair
(Bb) Walking upstairs I'm out of (F) breath
And (C) one day closer to my (Dm) death
CHORUS
I (Bb) guess that I should really cele(F)brate
I (C) never thought I'd live to sixty (Dm) eight
As a (Bb) youth I feared the future I would (F) face
I (C) thought I'd be a burned out acid (Dm) case
In (Bb) general, I've had my share of good (F) health
My (C) wife of 40 years is all my (Dm) wealth
She (Bb) gives me the desire to sur(F)vive
So for(C)get this rant, rejoice I'm still (Dm) alive!