Chords with lyrics
Verse 1: G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
I want to go downtown and look some stranger in the face
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
I want to be myself again, remember why I love this place
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
I want to wake up now and squeeze the living from the day
A minorAm C majorC G+G
I want to believe truly everything's gonna be okay
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
But I'm only human now
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I'm as vacant as a drum
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
G+G
To be overcome
Verse 2: G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
I wanna feel clean, shiny and new
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
I wanna wash myself away til I'm just a mirror before you
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
I want the glossy sheen of a new leaf in the rain
A minorAm C majorC G+G
I want a solid color that the seasons never change
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
But I'm only human now
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I'm as vacant as a drum
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
G+G
To be overcome
Verse 3: G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
I'm moving through your love like a paddle in the sand
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Pretending that it's water cause I want to be an easy woman
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
I want to take a swim in some frozen channel to
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Remember I was dying when I washed up gratefully over you
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
But I'm only human now
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I'm as vacant as a drum
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
G+G
To be overcome
Interlude G+G C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
I want to make it clear you don't have to speak up to be heard
A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
Sometimes it's even louder to find some quiet in a word
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Don't let em change you, kid, that's what somebody said to me
A minorAm C majorC G+G
But you know it gets harder to hear myself over all this humanity
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
But I'm only human now
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I'm as vacant as a drum
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Won't you tell me I'm allowed
G+G
To be overcome
C majorC
To be overcome
E minorEm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
To be overcome