"Hawking"
Todd Rundgren
From the album "Nearly Human" (1989)
Transcribed by Brian Canfield
 
It's in the key of Eb
 
Whenever I, I, I, I..
                 
              Abmaj7          Bb/Ab         Abmaj7
I close my eyes
 
 Bb/Ab     Abmaj7    Ab/Bb       Bb
Then I don't mind being the way I am
 
     Abmaj7       Bb/Ab       Abmaj7
But whenever I try
 
    Bb/Ab   Abmaj7  
Explaining why
 
     Ab/Eb      Bb
I know I never can, now that it's

 Cm (2nd inversion)                Cm  Cm7  Cm6
Gone, paths I used to travel
Gone, things I used to handle
 
       Cm        Cm7               Eb/F        F
Gone, once I had a choice what to be

But then god kissed me
(repeat verse)

And when god kissed me
Then I dreamed them when I fainted in her arms
Now I've got to go on sleeping
Lean in a little closer
 
                                     Ab/Bb
And I'll tell you what I'm dreaming
 
Ab/C          Cm/D
I'll tell you what I'm dreaming
 
(The bridge is just   Bb   and   C)

 Bb              C    (etc..)
I see time without beginning
Space without an ending
I see bodies strong and running
With minds not comprehending
Have pity on your brother
Please have pity on your sister
Take pity on each other
And on every living creature

Whenever I
Open my eyes
I can't believe it's real
It's a jungle outside
People just survive
They can't reach the high ideal

But I
Know if I can't recover, at least I
Know, I know the book from cover to cover, and who
Knows, I might dream forever
Since I've met the world's greatest lover
When god kissed me
And I knew it when I fainted in his arms

Let's dream together people