intro Dm Verse G Bb F Sliding on the shimmering surface between two worlds G Bb F Standing at the center of time as it uncurls Gm Bb Cutting through the veil of illusion Gm Dm Moving beyond past conclusions Gm Bb F Rendering all doubt and confusion clear Chorus Dm If I could be anywhere F If I could be anywhere Bb Eb If I could be anywhere right now F I would want to be here Verse G Bb F Searching for the future among the things we're throwing away G Bb F Swimming through the ocean of junk we produce every day Gm Bb You have to admit it's clever Gm Dm Maybe the pinnacle of human endeavor Gm Bb F When things are made to throw away but never made to disappear Chorus Dm If I could be anywhere F If I could be anywhere Bb Eb If I could be anywhere in time F I would want to be here Verse Dm F A Bb The Romans, the Spanish, the British, the Dutch Dm F Eb Bb American exceptionalism - so out of touch Dm F A Bb Successions of empire repeating its course A Gm A Gm Extracting the wealth and ruling by force A A sus A On and on through time Pre - Chorus Bb F A Dm But the world can't take it very much longer Bb F A Dm And we won't make it 'less we're smarter and stronger Bb F A Dm Eb C The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed somehow Chorus Dm If I could be anywhere F If I could be anywhere in time Bb Eb If I could be anywhere and change things F It would have to be now Bridge Eb Bb They say nothing lasts forever F A Dm But all the plastic ever made is still here Eb Bb F And no amount of closing our eyes will make it disappear Pre - Chorus Bb F A Dm And the world can't take it very much longer Bb F A Dm And we won't make it 'less we're smarter and stronger Bb F A Dm Eb C The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed somehow Bb F A Dm And the world can't take it, that you can see Bb F A Dm If the oceans don't make it neither will we Bb F A Dm Eb C The world's gonna shake itself all the way free somehow Chorus Dm If I could be anywhere F If I could be anywhere in time Bb Eb If I could be anywhere and change the outcome F It would have to be now