Capo
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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
G/B C D
G/B C Em D
Verse 1:
G/B C D
I've learned to slam on the brake
G/B C Em D
Before I even turn the key
G/B C D
Before I make the mistake
G/B C Em D
Before I lead with the worst of me
Verse 2:
G/B C D
Give them no reason to stare
G/B C Em D
No slipping up if you slip away
G/B C D
So I got nothing to share
G/B C Em D
No, I got nothing to say
Pre-Chorus:
Am Em D
Step out, step out of the sun
G/B C
If you keep getting burned
Am Em D
Step out, step out of the sun
G/B C D
Because you've learned, because you've learned
Chorus:
Em C
On the outside, always looking in
G D
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
Em C
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
G D
I'm waving through a window
Em C
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
G D
So I wait around for an answer to appear
Em C
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
G D B/D# Em
I'm waving through a window, oh
C D G/B C D G/B C Em D
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me?
Verse 3:
G/B C D
We start with stars in our eyes
G/B C Em D
We start believing that we belong
G/B C D
But every sun doesn't rise
G/B C Em D
And no one tells you where you went wrong
Pre-Chorus:
Am Em D
Step out, step out of the sun
G/B C
If you keep getting burned
Am Em D
Step out, step out of the sun
G/B C D Em
Because you've learned, because you've learned
Chorus:
C
On the outside, always looking in
G D
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
Em C
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
G D
Waving through a window
Em C
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
G D
So I wait around for an answer to appear
Em C
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
G D Em
Waving through a window, oh
C G D
Can anybody see, is anybody waving?
Bridge:
G/B C D Em
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
G/B C D Em
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
G/B C D En
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
G/B C D Em
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
G/B C D Em
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
G/B C D Em
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
G/B C D Em
When you're falling in a forest and there's nobody around
G/B C D Em
Do you ever really crash, or even make a sound?
G/B C
Did I even make a sound?
D Em
Did I even make a sound?
G/B C
It's like I never made a sound
D
Will I ever make a sound?
(shift to Capo 3rd Fret)
Chorus:
Em C
On the outside, always looking in
G D
Will I ever be more than I've always been?
Em C
'Cause I'm tap, tap, tapping on the glass
G D
Waving through a window
Em C
I try to speak, but nobody can hear
G D
So I wait around for an answer to appear
Em C
While I'm watch, watch, watching people pass
G D Em
Waving through a window, oh
C G D G/B C D
Can anybody see, is anybody waving back at me? (Ooh)
Outro:
G/B C Em D
Is anybody waving?
G/B C D G/B C Em D G/B
Waving, waving, whoa-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh
Outro:
C D G/B C Em D
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Last Updated: February 17, 2026