verse 1:
A#m F# C# Fm
My heart gets lost like a message
A#m F#
My head is on the clouds
C# Fm
And I don't get it
A#m F# C# Fm
And i'm so fashionably numb
A#m F# C#
Sometimes it helps to forget
Fm
Where we come from
Break: A#m F# C# Fm
verse 2:
A#m F# C#
Out of the mire we were torn from
Fm
Remember
A#m F#
Out of the fire again
C# Fm
But i'm an ember
A#m F# C#
I hold a banner for you
Fm
But it's upside down
A#m F# C#
You got a question or two
Fm
But I'm tongue tied now
A#m F# C#
Don't try to follow me I would
G#
Hold you down if I could
A#m F# C#
Make you the enemy I would
G#
Let you down
A#m F# C#
Don't try to follow me I would
G#
Hold you down if I could
A#m F# C#
Make you the enemy I would
G#
Let you down
verse 3:
A#m F# C# Fm
I took a ride on the champagne
A#m F# C# Fm
You took a flight over San Fran Bay
A#m F# C# Fm
We washed misunderstood
A#m F# C# Fm
Your heart was warm like a brother's should
A#m F# C# Fm
But then the gallow gave way
A#m F# C#
Sometimes they call after you
Fm
But you say
A#m F# C#
Don't try to follow me I would
G#
Hold you down if I could
A#m F# C#
Make you the enemy I would
G#
Let you down
A#m F# C#
Don't try to follow me I would
G#
Hold you down if I could
A#m F# C#
Make you the enemy I would
G#
Let you down
Bridge: (Play 8 times)
A#m
I hold you down
F#
I hold you down
I hold you
C#
I hold you down
G# (Fm on final time)
I hold you down
I hold you
A#m F# C#
Don't try to follow me I would
G#
Hold you down if I could
A#m F# C#
Make you the enemy I would
G#
Let you down
A#m F# C#
Don't try to follow me I would
G#
Hold you down if I could
A#m F# C#
Make you the enemy I would
G#
Let you down
Bridge: (Fade out)
A#m
I hold you down
F#
I hold you down
I hold you
C#
I hold you down
G#
I hold you down
I hold you