verse 1
C Dm C
What if happy was a channel we could choose
F C
What if music never made it past the blues
F C Am
What if God was just a bloke who drives a bus
C G C
What if you and me, we spoke and turned to us
C F C
What if love was sold in shops upon the shelves
F C
Politicians cared much less about themselves
F C Am
What if Adam tried and failed to get the girl
C G C
What if mice are here to take over the world
F
There's a thing called life
And it's killing me
Am
But there's nowhere else
G
I would rather be
F
So I'll lose myself
In the melody
Am G
Yeah, I'll lose myself
C
There's thing called life
verse 2
F C
What if living in the past was made illegal
F C
If the world was square and everyone was equal
F C Am
What if radio played songs about our lives
C G C
And television shone a light into our eyes
Pre-Chorus
Cm F C G
'Cause I don't know where we went wrong but it's alright
F C G
Just keep listening to the songs inside your mind
F
There's a thing called life
And it's killing me
Am
But there's nowhere else
G
I would rather be
F
So I'll lose myself
In the melody
Am G
Yeah, I'll lose myself
C
There's thing called life
Bridge
There's a thing called life
F
What if dreams are our reality
And reality's a dream
C
What if we're part of something bigger
There's a script for every scene
F
And what if worry made you happy
What if money made you sad
Am
What if tea and coffee got you stoned
G
And all the good guys they were bad
F
What if guns were made illegal
What if weapons were just words
C
What if the animals could talk
What if we flew up with the birds
F
'Cause I've been waiting by the window
And I've been staring out the door
Am G
And I still don't know what on earth we're here for
F
There's a thing called life
And it's killing me
C
But there's nowhere else
G
I would rather be
F
So I'll lose myself
In the melody
Em Dm C G
Yeah I'll lose myself