The Riddle Uke tab by Five For Fighting

6 Chords used in the song: A, F#m, D, E, G, F#

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Album: 
Year:  2006
Difficulty: 
5.17
(Intermediate)
Key: BmChords
A A     
There was a man back in '95

Whose heart ran out of summers
F#m F#m
But before he died, I asked him

Wait, what's the sense in life
D D E E
Come over me, Come over me

A A
He said,

Son why you got to sing that tune

Catch a Dylan song or some eclipse of the moon
F#m F#m
Let an angel swing and make you swoon
D D E E
Then you will see... You will see


[CHORUS]
D D
Then he said,
E E
Here's a riddle for you
A A F#m F#m
Find the Answer
D D E E
There's a reason for the world

A A (repeat)
You and I...


A A
Picked up my kid from school today

Did you learn anything cause in the world today
F#m F#m
You can't live in a castle far away
D D E E
Now talk to me, come talk to me


He said,
A A
Dad I'm big but we're smaller than small

In the scheme of things, well we're nothing at all
F#m F#m
Still every mother's child sings a lonely song
D D E E
So play with me, come play with me


[CHORUS]
D D
And Hey Dad
E E
Here's a riddle for you
A A F#m F#m
Find the Answer
D D E E
There's a reason for the world
A A G G
You and I...


I said,
D D E E
Son for all I've told you
A A F#m F#m
When you get right down to the
D D E E
Reason for the world...
A A
Who am I?


D D E E A A F#m F#m
There are secrets that we still have left to find
D D E E A A G G
There have been mysteries from the beginning of time
D D E E A A F# F#
There are answers we're not wise enough to see
D D E E
He said... You looking for a clue I Love You free...

A A
The batter swings and the summer flies

As I look into my angel's eyes
F#m F#m D D
A A song plays on while the moon is hiding over me
E E
Something comes over me

A A
I guess we're big and I guess we're small

If you think about it man you know we got it all
F#m F#m
Cause we're all we got on this bouncing ball
D D
And I love you free
E E
I love you freely


[CHORUS]
D D E E
Here's a riddle for you
A A F#m F#m
Find the Answer
D D E E
There's a reason for the world
A A
You and I...

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About this song: The Riddle

The Riddle" was the first single from American singer/songwriter Five for Fighting's album Two Lights. John Ondrasik has stated that it was the hardest to write of any of his songs, taking 18 months to write. By the end, he had over 100 drafts before he came up with the final version. Although it began as a song on the meaning of life, it later evolved into a song about the love between a father and his son, inspired by his relationship with his own five-year-old son.

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