Livin’ on the edge    (intro)    (midi)

    C ~ ~

                   C

1. There's something wrong with the world today, I don't know what it is,

    Am                                               

    something's wrong with our eyes.

G              C

    We're seeing things in a different way, and God knows it ain't His,

        Am

    it sure ain't no surprise, yeah !

 - - - - - - - - - - - - - C

We're livin' on the edge, livin' on the edge

                   G#    - F                      C

livin' on the edge,      livin' on the edge.

                 C

2.There's something wrong with the world today, the lightbulb's gettin' dim

                 Am

    there's meltdown in the sky.

G      C

    If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin,

              Am

    then, mister, you're a better man than I.

 - - - - - - - - - C

Livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself from falling),

livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself at all),

                    G#                                                  F

livin' on the edge (you can't stop yourself from falling),

                    C

livin' on the edge.

      E          

    Tell me, what you think about your situation, complication, aggravation,

           A

    it's getting to you.

           E

    If Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin, even if it wasn't,

                                                     F

    would you still come crawling back again?

                     G

    I bet you would, my friend,

      G#

    again and again and again and again and again.

+ C - C - G# - F - C       - G# - F - D# - C

      E          

    Tell me, what you think about your situation, complication, aggravation,

           A

    it's getting to you.

           E

    If Chicken Little tells you that the sky is fallin, even if it wasn't,

                                                     F

    would you still come crawling back again?

                     G

    I bet you would, my friend,

      G#

    again and again and again and again and again.

                   C

3. There's something right with the world today,

    and everybody knows it's wrong,

                  Am

    well, we could tell 'em no, we could let it go,

    but I would rather be hangin' on ! - - -

- - - - - - - - - C

Livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself from falling),

livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself at all),

                    G#                                                  F

livin' on the edge (you can't stop yourself from falling),

                    C

livin' on the edge.

                         G#     - G                     F        - D#

    Livin' on the edge,        livin' on the edge,

                         D    - C#                                                             C

    livin' on the edge,       yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

                         G#                                                   F    

    Livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself from falling),

                        C

    livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself at all).

                        G#                                                   F                    

    Livin' on the edge (you can't stop yourself from falling),

                        C

    livin' on the edge.

                         G#                                          - F                   

    Livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself,      you can't help yourself),

                        C

    livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself at all).

                         G#                                          - G      

    Livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself,       you can't help yourself),

                        F                                            - D#

    livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself,         you can't help yourself)

                        D                                                    C#

    livin' on the edge (you can't help yourself from falling),

                                             C

    livin' on the edge, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Aerosmith)