When I Close My Eyes Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][E][Em]
[Am][G]
[F][Em]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[G]When I clo[Am]se my eye[F]s,
when I close [G]my eyes
[Em]Everything's alright and I drift away,[Am]
drift
And away, drift [G]away, I drift away
When I [Em]close my eye[F]s,
when I close my [G]eyes
[Em]Everything's alright
And I drift [Am]away, drift away, I [G]away[Am]
[Em]Stil[Am]l I ri[F]se, still I rise
They [G]try to clip my [Em]wings but still I fly
They try to bring me [Am]down
and kill my high
They took away my [G]crown
trying to steal my pride
But it just [Dm]made [F]me stronger
And even though them days [G]got longer
I [Em]learned some vital lessons
when I made those wrong turns
[Am]I'm grateful for the painful things
that forced me to grow
Cause now [G]I know to head
straight at that fork in the [Dm]road
And I'm a [F]fortunate soul,
cause I learned from the be[G]st
They told [E]me just work on your music
and you'll find the respect
[Em]But the [Am]product I promoted,
watch it turn to a check
And every [G]time you rock,
they might give it your personal best
[Dm]But some[F]times, this life is too much for m[G]e
I should [Em]be living in [E]a effin'
life [Em]of luxury
Cause [Am]the limit is the sky,
but I struggle to survive
So when it gets too hard,
I just close my [Dm]eyes
[F]When I close,
when [G]I close my eye[Em]s
Everything's alright and I drift [Am]away,
drift away, drift away
[G]I dri[Am]ft awa[G]y, when I clo[Em]se my eye[F]s
When I close, when I close my [G]eyes
[Em]Everything's alright and I drift away,[Am]
drift away, drift away, I drift away
[D]And yo I ris[Am]e with the[F] sun
in the early morning
Facing this [G]world we born [Em]in
My mind [E]swirling, storming
[Em]Working till the words be forming
[Am]People tell me that the sky is the limit
But I'm liv[G]ing for right now
Cause I could die any
[D]minute this life [F]is
Turnin' a page, earnin' a [G]wage
And learnin' [Em]to stay firm
in your ways
Burnin' with rage,
livin' [Am]only for the lessons
Not concerned with the grades
And roamin' [G]lonely through this
California urban decay
[Dm]They always [F]told me plan your work,
work your plan
[G]Be [Em]a man, stay strong when it hurts to stand
If [Am]you love somethin'
and it's really worth the damn
Then you should [G]always feel
the passion like you first began
[D]So here [F]I am, my eyes on what's next
I'ma [G]fight to the [Em]death,
the pride of the West
Inside of my chest,
I [Am]man euver through the
cries and the sweat
And when it gets too hard
I close my eyes and reflect
[Dm]When close my [F]eyes,
when I close my [G]eye[Em]s
Everything's alright and I drift [Am]away
Drift away, [G]I drift away
When I [Em]close my [F]eyes,
when I close [G]my eye[Em]s
Everything's alright and I drift [Am]away[Em]
[Am]Sometime[F]s I wa[Am]nna drift away
No more [Em]living in the past,
gotta live today
[Am]Sometimes I wanna drift away
But I got so much to do,
so many [Dm]things to say
[F]Sometim[Am]es I wanna drift away
[Em]No more living in the past,
gotta live today
[Am]Sometimes I wanna drift away
But I got so much to do,
so many things to [F]say
[Em]
[Am][G]
[F][Em]
You
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