Those Who Try
By Bart Mendoza & Cindy Lee Berryhill
©1999 Original Tangent Music BMI / Starbitch Music BMI

Bm7                A7
Can’t think of all the things anymore
Bm7            A7                               Bm7
If nothing matters lets call things ‘before’
                A7
Addicted to the feelings
Dmaj7                               C9
Someone might have had
                    Dmaj7                   C9
A long long time ago

Bm7             A7                                     Bm7
We look at something’s too closely sometimes
              A7                              Bm7
Did it unravel or did things unwind?
                       A7                     Dmaj7  
The sky seems kind of cold tonight
                          C9            Dmaj7         Cmaj7
The stars seem brighter

CHORUS:
Bm7       D7                        G7
Big star played against the odds
                                   A7
Something keeps our hopes alive
Bm7         E7                              G7
The past depends on what who knows
                          A7
Though credits due for those who try

Bm7        A7                                   Bm7
Will I remember the laughs or the cries?
                             A7                                Bm7
The way that we started the things kept inside?
            A7                   Dmaj7                         Cmaj7
Didn’t ever think that someday might depend
                     Dmaj7                    Cmaj7  
On how the story ends

CHORUS X2:
Bm7      D7                   G
Once I used to wonder why
                                A7
Growing up, I was afraid to sleep
Bm7                       E
There’s something I might miss and
G7
anyway,
        A7
The dreams will keep

Bm7       D7                        G7
Big star played against the odds
                                   A7
Something keeps our hopes alive
Bm7         E7                              G7
The past depends on what who knows
                          A7
Though credits due for those who try

CODA:
D   G   Bm      F   F#
D   G   C7sus  F   F#  

Repeat coda 3 times