[ verse 1 ]
F#m C#
the pagodas and the palaces
F#m7 C#
dressed in gold leaf hide the damages
F#m C#
spot the geisha as she balances
D A
life’s a cakewalk , full of challenges
F#m C#m
go to russia , see the red square
D A
lenin’s body lying dead there
F#m C#
from kyoto , hiroshima
D A
watch the black cloud crawling nearer
[ pre – chorus 1 ]
D A
there were riots in america
C#7 F#m
just when things were getting better
D A
all the things i’ve done and seen
C# F#m
still i don’t know what life means
[ chorus ]
F#m D A C#7
all the people living in , living in the world today
F#m D A C#7 F#m
we’re united by our love , we’re united by our pain ( ooh )
D A E
all the things that i’ve done and i’ve seen
F#m D A E
still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means
[ verse 2 ]
F#m C#
fly to athens , pass the parthenon
D C#
see the village where my father’s from
F#m C#7
to chicago from angola
D A
sao paulo to verona
[ pre – chorus 2 ]
D A
and anywhere you go , you’ll see ( ooh )
C#7 F#m
people are just like you and me ( ooh )
D A
all the things i’ve done and seen
C# F#m
still , i don’t know what life means
[ chorus ]
F#m D A C#7
all the people living in , living in the world today
F#m D A C#7 F#m
we’re united by our love , we’re united by our pain ( ooh )
D A E
all the things that i’ve done and i’ve seen
F#m D A E
still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means
F#m
to be human
D A C#7 F#m
( oh – oh – oh – oh – oh , oh – oh , oh – oh )
D A C#7 F#m
( oh , oh – oh – oh – oh – oh , oh – oh , oh – oh )
F#m D A E
still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means
F#m D A E
to be human , a real human being
[ bridge ]
C# F#m C# F#m
i like to think about how we all look from afar
A D A E
people driving fancy cars look like beetles to the stars
C# F#m C# F#m
the missiles and the bombs sound like symphonies gone wrong
A D A E
and if there is a god , they’ll know why it’s so hard
[ chorus ]
F#m
to be human
D A C#7 F#m
( oh – oh – oh – oh – oh , oh – oh , oh – oh )
D A C#7
( oh , oh – oh – oh – oh – oh , oh – oh )
F#m
to be hu –
D A E
still , i don’t know , don’t know what it means
F#m D A E
to be human , a real human being
[ outro ]
F#m D A C#7
( to be human ) i want connection , ooh
F#m D A C#7
i wanna feel human again
F#m D A C#7
( to be human ) lost my direction , ooh
F#m D A C#7
i wanna feel human again
F#m D A C#7
to be human
F#m D A C#7
to be human
F#m D A C#7
to be human
F#m D A C#7
to be human
F#m