Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
INTRO
[G](R[|]ef[D]er[-] t[C]o [|]so[D]ng[-] f[Em]or [|]ti[G]mi[-]ng[Am], i[|]t'[Am]ll
[-]be[Cadd9] impor[|]ta[C]nt for chorus and ending)
VERSES I & II
[G]You lost faith in the [D]human spirit
[Fmaj7]You walk around like a [C]ghost
[Cm]Your star-spangled [G*]heart
Took a[Am]a train for the [D]coast
[G]When you shine you're a [D]hilltop mansion
[Fmaj7]So how'd you lose the [C]light?
Was it [Cm]blown by the [G*]wind,
In the [Am]still of the [D]night?
[C]We're up against the wall
CHORUS (strum like intro)
[G]Up against the wall
[D] [-] [C]There's something dying on [D]th[-]the [Em]street
When they knock you down
[G] [-] [Am]You're gonna get back on [Cadd9]your feet
([C](No you can't stop [D]now)
VERSES III & IV
[G]I always saw you as a [D]kind of keeper
[Fmaj7]A mother to a [C]child
But your [Cm]boys have grown [G*]soft
And your [Am]girls have gone [D]wi[-]wild[Dsus2]ld
[G]From the blue ridge [D]to the black hills
[Fmaj7]To the redwood s[C]sky
The [Cm]season may [G]pass
But the [Am]dream doesn't[D]doesn't die
[C]Why did you drop the ball?
CHORUS (strum like intro)
[G]Up against the wall
[D] [-] [C]There's something dying on [D]th[-]the [Em]street
When they knock you down
[G] [-] [Am]You're gonna get back on [Cadd9]your feet
([C](No you can't stop [D]now)
[G]When they break your heart
[D] [-] [C]When they cause your soul [D]to[-]to m[Em]mourn
Remember what I said
[G] [-] [Am]Boy you was ba[Cadd9]battle born
([C](No, you can't stop [D]now)
INTERLUDE
[Em] [Am] You was battle [Cadd9]born...
[Em] When the night falls on the [C]land
Are you haunted by the [Am]sound?..[Cadd9]sound?...
[Em] It's gonna take more than a [Cadd9]hand
To turn this thing a[Am]around
Won't you lean it on [C]me?
Rescue, [Am]set me [Em]free
CHORUS (strum like intro)
[G]Up against the wall
[D] [-] [C]There's something dying on [D]th[-]the [Em]street
When they knock you down
[G] [-] [Am]You're gonna get back on [Cadd9]your feet
('[C]('Cause you can't stop [D]now)
[G]Did they break your heart?
[D] [-] [C]Did they cause your soul [D]to[-]to m[Em]mourn
Remember what I said
[G] [-] [Am]Boy you was ba[Cadd9]battle born
('[C]('Cause you can't stop [D]now)
[G]Come on show your face
[D] [-] [C]Come on give us one [D]mor[-]more s[Em]spark
So we'll start a fire
[G] [-] [Am]Unless we fall into [Cadd9]the dark
([C](And you can't stop [D]now)
[G]You never know if you never learn
[D] [-] [C]You never shine if you never burn
[D] [-] [Em]The rising tide, the undertow
[G] [-] [Am]The venom and the overflow
You turn a[Cadd9]away, [C]welcome home
[G] [D] [-] [C] [D] [-] [Em] [G] [-] [Am] [Am] [-] [Cadd9] [C]
[G] [D] [-] [C] [D] [-] [Em] [G] [-] [Am] [Am] [-] [Cadd9] [C] [G]