Tone: [G]
Verse:
[Cadd9]Step out the front door like a [D]ghost
into the fog where no-one [Em7]notices
the contrast of w[G]white on white.
And in in betw[Cadd9]between the moon and you
ang[D]angels get a better view
of the c[Em7]crumbling difference between [G]wrong and right.
I walk i[Cadd9]in the air between the rain
[D]through myself and back again.
[Em7]Where? I don't know. [G]
[Cadd9] Maria says she's dying.
Through the door I h[D]hear her crying?
Why? I [Em7]don't know [G]
Chorus:
Round here[C] we al[D]ways stand up straight[Em] [G]
Round here[C]here, some[D]something radiates. [Em] [G]
Verse:
Mar[Cadd9]Maria came from nashville with a [D]suitcase in her hand
She said she'd l[Em7]like to meet a boy who looks like [G]elvis
S[Cadd9]She walks along the edge where th[D]the ocean meets the land
just like she's [Em7]walking on a wire in the circu[G]circus
She[Cadd9]She parks her car outside of my hou[D]house
takes her clothes off,
[Em7]She say's she's close to understanding [G]Jesus
She knows she's [Cadd9]more than just a little m[D]misunderstood
She has [Em7]trouble acting normal when shes [G]nervous
Chorus:
Round h[C]ere we're c[D]arving out our n[Em]ames [G]
Round h[C]here we all [D]look the sam[Em]same [G]
Round here[C]here we talk just like lions [D]
Bridge:
But we s[Em]sacarifice like lambs [G]
Round here[C] she's slippi[D]ng through my han[Em]ds
Interlude:
[A] [D] [G] [A] [G] [A] [Am7] [D7] [A]
[A] Sleeping children better run like the wind
[Am7]Out of the l[D7]lightning dream[A]dream [G] [A]
[Am7] [D7] [A]
[A]Mama's little baby better get herself in
O[C]Out of the l[D]lightning
Verse:
She s[Cadd9]says, "It's[D]"It's only in my [Em7]head." [G]
She s[Cadd9]ays, "shh...I know it's[D] only in my[Em7] head."[G]
But the [Cadd9]girl on the street by the parking lot
says:"[D]says:"Man, you should try to Take a shot
[Em7]Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"[G]crumbling?"
Then she [Cadd9]looks up at the building
Say's she's th[D]thinking of jumping
She says she's t[Em7]tired of life;
She must be ti[G]tired of something.
Chorus:
Round here[C] she's al[D]ways on my mi[Em]nd [G]
Round[C]Round here [D]I got lots of t[Em]time [G]
Round here[C]here we're never sent to bed ear[D]early
Man, no[Em]nobody makes us wai[G]wait
round here[C]here we stay up [D]very, very, [Em]very, very la[G]late.
I can't see no[C]nothin', noth[D]nothin'
Around he[Em]here
[G] You catch me if i'm f[C]falling,
You catch me if i'm f[D]falling,
Will you catch me cause i'm f[Em]falling down on you
Outro:
[G] I said i'm u[Cadd9]under the gun [D]
a[Em7]around her[G]here
Oh, man I said i'm [Cadd9]under the gu[D]gun
Around h[Em7]here
[G] And I can't see nothin',n[Cadd9]nothin',nothin'
Round her[Em]here.