Monday, March 9, 2026

FIVE FOR FIGHTING - Superman ( It's Not Easy )


INTRO

C   G   Am   F   x2


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

              C       G   F    C

It's not easy to be me

 

  C                          G

I wish that I could cry

Am                 F

 Fall upon my knees

C                    G

Find a way to lie

              Am                     F

'Bout a home I'll never see

 

CHORUS

                        C                             G

It may sound absurd but don't be naive

         Am                   F

Even heroes have the right to bleed

                    C                                          G

I may be disturbed but won't you concede

           Am                   F

Even heroes have the right to dream

                   C          G   F    C   G/B

And it's not easy to be me

 

Am     G/B      C         Dm        Am

Up, up and away, away from me

                 D

Well, it's alright

              C                         D

You can all sleep sound tonight

                 F                G

I'm not crazy or anything


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

 

CHORUS

                 C                          G

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet

                   Am                         F

Digging for kryptonite on this one-way street

            C                            G

Only a man in a funny red sheet

                    Am                 F

Looking for special things inside of me

 

                C    G/B         Am  F

Inside of me,   inside of me

                C    G/B         Am   F

Inside of me,    inside of me

 

CHORUS

                 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

It's not easy        oh ho 

                              C  G  Am  F   C

It's not easy to be me