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                SUPERMAN (IT'S NOT EASY) - Five For Fighting
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Written by: J. Ondrasik 
Album: "America Town"     (2000, Aware/Columbia Records)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury 
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: March 8, 2009

INTRO:

C     G     Am     F           (1 bar each, play progression 2x)


1ST VERSE:

C                 G
I can't stand to fly
Am              F
I'm not that naive
 C               G
I'm just out to find
     Am            F
The better part of me


CHORUS:

                 C                      G
I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane
                    Am            F
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train, And it's not

    C                 G         F                 C
 E -----------------|---------|-----------0-----|-----------------|
 B -------1---------|---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
 G -----0-----0-----|-----0---|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|
 D ---2-------------|---------|---3-------------|---2-------------|
 A -3---------------|---2-----|-----------------|-3---------------|
 E -----------------|-3-------|-1---------------|-----------------|
                  (this bar 2/4)
   easy         to be          me


2ND VERSE:

   C                 G
I wish that I could cry
 Am            F
Fall upon my knees
 C             G
Find a way to lie
         Am
'Bout a home I'll never

    F
 E -----------------|
 B -------1---------|
 G -----0-----------|
 D ---3-------------|
 A -----------------|
 E -1---------------|
   see,   It may sound ab-


CHORUS:

    C                 G                 Am(7)             F
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -------1---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
 G -----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
 D ---2-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|---3-------------|2x
 A -3---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1. -surd, but don't be naive, Even heroes have the right to bleed, 
                                                             I may be dis-
2. -turbed, but won't you concede, Even heroes have the right to dream,
                                                              And it's not

    C                 G         F                 C       Em7
 E -----------------|---------|-----------0-----|-----------------|
 B -------3---------|---------|-------1---------|-----------------|
 G -----0-----0-----|-----0---|-----0-----------|-----0-------0---|
 D ---2-------------|---------|---3-------------|---2-------0-----|
 A -3---------------|---2-----|-----------------|-3-----3-2-----2-|
 E -----------------|-3-------|-1---------------|-----------------|
   easy         to be          me


BRIDGE:

Am      G    C     Dm      Am
Up, up and away, away from me
              D              C                 D
Well, it's alright, you can all sleep sound tonight
          F               Gsus4   G
I'm not crazy, or anything


3RD VERSE:

C                 G
I can't stand to fly
 Am            F
I'm not that naive
 C                    G
Men weren't meant to ride
       Am                   F
With clouds between their knees, I'm only a


CHORUS:

    C                 G                 Am(7)             F
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -------1---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|-------1---------|
 G -----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
 D ---2-------------|---0-------------|---2-------------|---3-------------|2x
 A -3---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

1. man in a silly red sheet, Digging for kryptonite on this one way street,
                                                                    Only a 
2. man in a funny red sheet, Looking for special things inside of me

          C     G
Inside of me
          Am    F
Inside of me
                C     G
Yeah, inside of me
          Am    F
Inside of me


            C                   G
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
           Am                  F
I'm only a man looking for a dream
            C                   G
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
             Am     F
And it's not easy, ooo, ooo, ooo


                    C     G     Am     F          C
It's not easy to be me


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Notes:

-Bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time, except where otherwise indicated.

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)