Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
A5A5 x-0-2-2-5-5
Intro:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD (x2)
Verse 1:
E minorEm
On my own volition
C majorC
I pound my head against the wall
D MajorD
And I don't hear it when you call
E minorEm
Tumbling down the stairway
C majorC
I still try to make the phone
D MajorD C majorC G+G D/F#D/F#
I call you back but your not home
E minorEm
Full of good intention
C majorC
I read the paper to myself
D MajorD
I try to act like someone else
E minorEm
Barely past the headline
C majorC
I still remember what you said
D MajorD
"I'll hold it in until I'm dead"
Chorus:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I best be getting on with this
G+G A5A5
But I can't get you out my head
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Ten times a day when I stop to pray
G+G A5A5
I ask that you would let me in
C majorC
Let me in
Interlude:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Verse 2:
E minorEm
Beading on the window
C majorC
The weather underneath my eyes
D MajorD
Is it rain or am I crying
E minorEm
T.V. in the distance
C majorC
A5A5 I awake or still asleep
D MajorD
I feel a hand against my cheek
Chorus:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I best be getting on with this
G+G A5A5
But I can't get you out my head
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Ten times a day when I stop to pray
G+G A5A5
I ask that you would let me in
C majorC
Let me in
Bridge:
FF G+G
Like every time before
FF G+G
I'll sing a metaphor
FF G+G A5A5
To try to shed some light inside my mind
FF G+G
A augmentedA lot of good will that do
FF G+G
I can't get inside of you
FF G+G A5A5
To take back the back the past and make things new
G/BG/B C majorC
Make things new
Guitar Solo:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD (x2)
Out-Chorus:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
I best be getting on with this
G+G A5A5
But I can't get you out my head
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Ten times a day when I stop to pray
G+G A5A5
I ask that you would let me in
C majorC
Let me in
A5A5
Let me in
C majorC E minorEm
You would let me in