[Intro]
D E F#m E D
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D E F#m A D
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[Verse 1]
D E
It’s the age of doubt
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And I doubt we’ll figure it out
D E
Is it you or is it me?
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The age of anxiety
(Are you talking to me?)
[Interlude]
D E F#m A D
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[Verse 2]
D E
Fight the fever with TV
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In the age where nobody sleeps
D E
And the pills Do nothing for me
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In the age of anxiety
[Pre-Chorus]
D E F#m
When I look at you, I see what you want me to
A D
See what you want me to
D E F#m
When you look at me, you see what I want you to see
A D
What I want you to see
[Chorus]
D F#m A D
..In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of
D F#m A D
..In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of
[Interlude]
D E F#m A D
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[Verse 3]
D E
It’s a maze (It’s a maze) of mirrors (Of mirrors)
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It’s a hologram of a ghost
D E
And you can’t quite touch it
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Which is how it hurts us the most
D E
So we keep it all inside (Inside, inside)
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And hide it deep in a drawer
D E
Say your prayers tonight
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Someone finds it after the war
[Pre-Chorus]
D E F#m
And when I look at you, I see what you want me to
A D
See what you want me to
D E F#m
When you look at me, you see what I want you to see
A D
See what I want you to see is me
[Chorus]
D F#m A D
..In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of
D F#m A D
..In the age of, living in the age of, living in the age of
[Instrumental]
D C#m F#m
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F#m E/G# A C#m D
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D C#m F#m
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F#m E/G# A C#m D
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[Refrain]
D C#m F#m
..Gotta get the spirit out of me
F#m E/G# A C#m D
This anxiety…that’s inside of me
D C#m F#m
..Gotta get the spirit out of me
F#m E/G# A C#m D
This anxiety…that’s inside of me
D C#m F#m
..Gotta get the spirit out of me (Gotta get the spirit out of me)
F#m E/G# A C#m D
This anxiety…that’s inside of me, baby (This anxiety that’s inside of me)
D C#m F#m
..Gotta get the spirit out of me (Gotta get the spirit out of me)
F#m E/G# A C#m D
This anxiety…that’s inside of me, baby (This anxiety that’s inside of me)
[Bridge]
D C#m F#m
’Cause I can’t stop crying and I really think I mean it
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But the tears mean nothing to me
D C#m F#m
Another lost alien arriving on my spaceship
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In the age of anxiety (Anxiety)
D E
And we can’t stop crying and we really think we mean it
F#m A D
But the tears just fall on the sheet (Anxiety)
D E
Another lost soul just trying to feel something
F#m A D
Trying to feel something, trying to feel something in the age of (Anxiety)
[Interlude]
D E F#m A D
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D E F#m A D
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[Refrain]
D C#m F#m
..Gotta get the spirit out of me
F#m E/G# A C#m D
This anxiety…that’s inside of me
For me
(Gotta get the spirit out of me)
D E F#m A D
Are you talking to me….or about me?….(This anxiety that’s inside of me)
(Gotta get the spirit out of me)
D E F#m A D
Am I talking to you,..or about you?….
(This anxiety that’s inside of me)
[Outro]
D
It’s all about you
It’s not about you
It’s all about you
It’s not about you
It’s all about you
It’s not about you