Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: F Difficulty: Intermediate Tuning DGCFAD (whole step down) Key F (G shapes) Use C/G: 332010 Use this D: 554030 (Dadd4add9/A) Play along with the song to improve timing and changes. Intro: C/G D Em G C/G D Em G
Verse: C/G D Step out the front door like a ghost Em into the fog where no one notices G the contrast of white on white. C/G And in between the moon and you D the angels get a better view Em G of the crumbling difference between wrong and right. C/G I walk in the air between the rain D through myself and back again Em G Where? I don't know C/G Maria says she's dying D Through the door I hear her crying Em G Why? I don't know C/G D Em G Round here we always stand up straight C/G D Em G Round here something radiates C/G D Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand Em G She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis C/G D and she walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land Em G like she's walking on a wire in the circus C/G She parks her car outside of my house D and, takes her clothes off Em G She says she's close to understanding Jesus C/G D She knows she's more than just a little misunderstood Em G She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous C/G D Em G Round here we're carving out our names C/G D Em G Round here we all look the same C/G D Round here we talk just like lions Em G but we sacrifice just like lambs C/G D Em G Round here she's slipping through my hands A C/G D A Oh, sleeping children better run like the wind, C/G D A Out of the lightning dream C/G D A C/G D Mama's little baby better get herself in out of the lightning C/G D Em G She says "I know, I know it's only in my head" C D Em G She says "Shh, I know, I know it's only in my head" C/G But the girl on the car in the parking lot D says "Man you should try to take a shot Em G can't you see my walls are crumbling?" C/G She looks up at the building D and she says "I'm thinking of jumping" Em She says "I'm sick and tired of life" G Everybody's tired of something C/G D Em G Round here she's always on my mind C/G D Em G Round here I've got a lot of time C/G D Round here we're never sent to bed early Em G Yeah man, nobody makes us wait C/G D Em G Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late C/G D Em G I, I can't see nothing, no nothing around here C/G Would you catch me 'cause I'm falling D Would you kiss me 'cause I'm leaving Em G Would you hold me 'cause I'm lonely without you C/G D Em G Said I'm under the gun around here C/G D Em G Said I'm lonely, lonely, lonely without you C/G D Em N.C. I can't see nothing, no nothing, round here
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