Journeys words and music copyright 1993 by Bill Sutton All Rights Reserved DADGBD Tuning D C9 There's many and many a mile to the sea, D C6 And many a mile to the shore, D C9 And all there is to be sure about is D C6 We've all been here before. F#7 C6 For life is so strange that our words rearrange F#7 C6 And it changes the paths that we tread. F#7 C6 But too many times we wake up to find F#7 C That we'll be more alive when we're dead! There's steps and there's steps to the foot of the stair And steps and there's steps to the sky. And every man that we pass on the road Is the man who could help us to fly. But we spend all our lives with our own private knives Carving lies from the face of the air. When our pockets are full and our edges are dull Then we tell ourselves nobody cares. There's dreams and there's dreams in the heart of the night, And dreams in the heart of the day. And the lesson we're teaching our children is only To look at the price they must pay. Far too many are lost contemplating the cost In the cause of a permanent now. So afraid to be wrong that they never move on 'Til the dawn takes them back to the plow. INSTRUMENTAL BREAK There's many and many a mile to the shore And many a mile to the sea. And the passage will take every second we have For the Gods grant us nothing for free. But the lives that we live are the gifts that we give To the next generation along, And the dreams that they've caught are the future's we've bought So as not to be dead when we're gone! (last chord add F# on high string to raise drone)