The Starting Line chords by Keane

Chords used:

C - 332010 / 032010
Em - 022000
G - 320033 / 320003
F - 133211
Am - 002210
Bb - 113331



Intro:


C Em G C (2x)

Verse 1:


C        Em
This town was a lovers stage
   G         C
but now you can't recognise
C             Em       G
the streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
F           Am
You can't find your bearings
    F         C
you're slipping into the ground
  F      Am      Em    G
The scene has no colour and no sound.


Verse 2:


C      Em
You still believe in me
 G           C
after the things I've done
 C      Em       G
You fear for what we have become
F        Am
The ground is uneven
F            C
you stumble from day to day
F          Am
You tread where its easy
       Em
although your feet are like lead
    G        F
and you gotta get underway


Chorus:


F     C        Em   Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F      C          G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F    C      Em   Am
Its too easy to get left behind
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
  F                      C   Em  G  C
but tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me.


Verse 3:


C        Em     G          Am
Each heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze
C           Em         G
Love wont rest till it brings you to your knees
F      Am  F          C
Some find it easy, some will never even know
F             Am
You think youve done your journey,
      Em             G
then you stumble and find that theres such a long way to go


Chorus:


(F)    C       Em    Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F      C          G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F    C      Em   Am
Its too easy to get left behind
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
F
You wanna be lost but now your found
Bb
lets take the back way into town
F
Drink to the bad times
          C   Em   G   C
Lay them down on me

C Em G C


Verse 4:


C       Em
Girl, I still believe in you
     G        C
your too good to fall so low
C         Em      G
we're gonna find a better life I know
F       Am
Things will be clearer
F          C
as soon as we make a start
F         Am
we'll be that much nearer
     Em           G         F
we're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart


Chorus:


(F)    C       Em    Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F      C          G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F    C      Em   Am
Its too easy to get left behind
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
F                        C   Em   G   C
but tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me.   On me...

C   Em   G   C