Band/Artist: Gov’t Mule Song Title: My Separate Reality Album Title: Deja Voodoo Chords used: e|--3------6------3-------------3------1------1------3---------------- B|--3------6------3------3------4------1------3------5---------------- G|--3------8------5------5------5------2------3------5------3------5-- D|--5------8------5------4------5------3------3------5------3------5-- A|--5------6------3------5------3------3------1------3------1------3-- E|--3----------------------------------1------------------------------ ---------------| ---------------| ---------------| --3------5-----| --3------5-----| --1------3-----| Riff 1 (ending riff) e|----------------6--| B|---------------6---| G|--------------8----| D|-------------8-----| A|---------5--6------| E|---5--6------------| (Verse 1) Children in the playground, laughing and dancing in the street All the colors of the rainbow wrapped in childlike harmony Me, I'm not laughing I see things only as they were When I first needed you yeah, when I first needed you (Guitar solo) (Verse 2) Cars passing by representing my life I ain't old but I ain't young enough to cry like a baby And I'm so scared but I won't tell you for fear you'll hate me more Tough on the outside, tough on the outside tough all over Clouds go rollin' by as I lay floatin' in a stream of semi-consciousness I'll follow it 'til the end or at least 'til I drown in my separate reality, sorry there's only room for me (Guitar solo) (Verse 3) I used to have an angel she took care of everything Yeah, so sometimes we cried maybe more than most, but so what We shared everything even some things we should not have shared Like my separate reality now there's only room for me I walk among the criminals and I pray among the saints And somewhere in between I try to scrape off this war paint It's cold in here in the corner of my soul so dark and lonely Oh but I ain't never gonna let go (Verse 4) Children in the playground laughing and dancing in the street All the colors of the rainbow wrapped in childlike harmony Me, I'm not laughing or dancing I see things only as they were When I first needed you yeah, when I first needed you I used to have everything now you won't even talk to me, but that's alright 'Cause I've got a new friend and her name is tattooed across my chest And she won't let me down 'cause I ain't never, never gonna let her in Tough on the outside, tough on the outside and it's surely tough In my separate reality sorry there's only room for me In my separate reality sorry there's only room for me for me Riff 1 () Sorry there's only room for me