Intro: D G D G 

Verse 
D                                                                                     G 
When a fire starts in the hole, how much time do you have before it burns itself out? 
D                                                                                     G 
When a fire starts in the hole, how much time do you have before it burns itself out? 
D                                       G 
Minutes, hours, what time is it anyway? 
D                                                                                   G 
How do you tell your family that you wanna quit school and just play with your band?  
D                                                                              G 
When a fire starts burning, how much time do you have 'til it puts itself out?  
D                                                               G 
And why do I feel like I'm choking lately, what am I doing here?  
D                                                                G  
And why do I feel like I'm choking lately, what am I looking for?  


[Refrão]
 
      Bm               A 
Maybe school or maybe love  
         Fm          G            D                        
Or maybe none of the above is the answer.  
          Bm                A  
Maybe for once I'll really try  
           Fm               G                      D  
Or fuck it all and just get high, 'cause that's an answer. Feels like an answer.  
    G 
And who do I wanna be?  
         D 
Question 23.  

Verse 
D                                                                          G            
What's the furthest distance a ship can be from shore before it loses its signal? 
D                                                                           G 
What's the furthest distance a ship can be from shore before it loses its signal?  
D                                           G 
And why do I feel like I'm choking lately, what am I doing here?  
D                                           G 
And why do I feel like I'm choking lately, what am I looking for?  
       Bm            A           Fm              G           D  
Maybe living for the day or just pretending I'm okay is the answer.  
          Bm                 A            Fm                 G                    D 
Maybe for once I'll really try or fuck it all and just get high, 'cause that's an answer.  
           Bm           A               Fm              G                  D    
Maybe I'll practice my guitar or read a book or steal a car, and steal the answer.  
           Bm               A              Fm                  G                D 
I'll get a job and I'll get paid, or get a girlfriend and get laid, and get the answer 
              Bm          A 
I'll join the army, go to war, 
           Fm                   G 
Give up my smokes or smoke some more. 
          D   
I need an answer.  
                 Bm                A            Fm              G 
I'll move to the village, shave my head, Wind up happy, wind up dead,  
           Em                              F                        C     D 
Wind up in debt, wind up in love, or maybe none of the above is the answer.  
C          D                        Em                      D 
Maybe it's okay that I don't have a plan and I don't have a clue.  
    C                   F                                            D   
I'm 19 and that doesn't mean that I should know exactly what I wanna do. 
           C                F                       A              D 
Right? I'm 19, that doesn't mean that I should know what I wanna do.  
                     Bm                      A 
I've got time to make mistakes, make up my mind,  
         Fm             G                D      
I've got time enough to find out all the answers,  
        Bm             A             Fm                 G                Em 
but I'm scared and I'm afraid that a decision won't get made and I'll be like this forever,  
      D                                  G 
I need help, need extra help to find the answer,  
                 A              D      A Fm G (one stroke on A and Fm) D 
What's the answer? I don't know.  
D           G 
I don't know.  
D           G 
I don't know.  
D           G 
I don't know. 
D           G  
I don't know.  
D           G 
I don't know.  
D           G 
I don't know.  
D           G 
I don't know.  
D           G 
I don't, I don't know.  

Outro 
D                                                                                      G 
When a fire starts in the hole, how much time do you have before it spreads to the deck? 
Bm                   A 
Pencils down, papers over 
        D 
Time is up