Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: F Intro: Dm Am Dm E Verse 1: Am The world waits for you when F And the dawn breaks for you when Dm And the media will watch Bb And she will change her mind
Am I tried to win for you when F I shed my skin for you when Dm I loved you like my own Bb I fed you like a child Pre-Chorus 1: F Stay in bed and feed the day Eb With my imagination, honey Dm D Falling through the cracks in people's kindness Gm And the world won't step aside Gm I tried to make you want me Dm I left my home at seventeen Gm A But everywhere I looked I saw Another me Chorus: Bb And we are the invisibles F Plain and lonely Db Eb F It's funny how it's always out of reach Verse 2: Am I hear the wood pigeons and F I call my father in and Dm He sits and hears me sing Bb But never wonders why Am Why do I call out in the night F He found the photos set alight Dm Everything about her Bb Makes me want to smile Pre-Chorus 2: F I'll stay in bed and feed the day Eb With my polite conversation, father Dm D Papering the cracks in others' silence Gm But I still won't step aside Gm I tried to make her want me Dm I tried to play her politics Gm But every step I took A I had to swallow this Chorus: Bb But we are the invisibles F Strange and lonely Db Eb F It's funny how it's always out of reach Db Eb F It's funny how it's always out of reach Db Eb F It's funny how we're always out of reach