Fakin' It Copyright 2006 Stan Lyness   uptempo country, male or female voice	broadband listen
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       LEAD-IN: ( A   D )  ( A  E )  A

            A                  D
      Got a grown-up job and a paycheck;
            A                     E
            life shouldn't be too tough.
            A                      D
        You give it your best, and yet you're stressed
            E                  F#m
       just wonderin' if it's enough.
            A                  D
        You feel like you been fakin' it;
            A                       E
     you're terrified folks'll find out.
            A                    F#m
Well you'll never get caught, no you ain't got
            B                 E
            nothin' to worry about, see,

     D                 G
     Everyone's facin' new situations,
     D                        E
     problems they aint' been trained to address.
     D                    A
     Still they manage to quietly handle
     A              E
your average random mess.
     D                   G
     Everyone feels like they been fakin' it;
     D                       ( E6   E )
     none of this started with you, yeah
   ( A             D )
     Students are  fakin' it.
   ( Em7           D )
     Teachers are  fakin' it.
   ( A             E )       A
     Preachers are fakin' it too.


            Nobody started out expert;
       that comes as bullets fall.
    If they hit, you stop bein' scared, if not,
     you're gettin' trained on the job.
      Spend most of my wakin' life fakin' it.
       That used to embarrass me,
    yeah, I kinda felt bad 'til I saw I had
            excellent company, yeah,

     Everyone's facin' new situations,
     problems they aint' been trained to address.
     Still they manage to quietly handle
your average random mess.
     Everyone feels like they been fakin' it;
     none of this started with you, yeah
     Leaders are fakin' it.
     Followers, fakin' it.
     Prophets are fakin' it too.


        E                  A
    You wouldn't be payin' attention,
        E                F#m
    you couldn't be near prepared,
        D                      A
        if it weren't for that tension you get
      ( Bm      B )        E
   from bein' a little bit scared.


     Everyone's facin' new situations
     problems they aint' been practicin' for.
     Still we're able to stand up and take most
     anything fate has in store.
     Everyone feels like they been fakin' it;
     none of this started with you:
     Drummers are ....
     Bass guitar?  ....
     Singers are fakin' it too.

     D                   G
     Even my wife said, "Sure I been fakin' it.
     D                 ( E6   E )
     Honey I thought you knew".
   ( A           D )
     Kids are    fakin' it.
   ( Em7         D )
     Parents are fakin' it.
     A                      F#m
     Lovers are  fakin' it, strange but true!
     E          D
     It's OK if you're just fakin' it.
   ( A      D )    ( E )       A
     All creation is fakin' it too.