Looking Out chords

Brandi Carlile

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  			G                          Em                        C 
I went out looking for the answers and never left my town. 
                    G                                  D 
I’m no good at understanding, but I’m good at standing ground. 
 G                         Em 
And when I asked a corner preacher I couldn’t hear him for my 
C                       G                           D 
youth. Some people get religion some people get the truth. I 
               C                      G 
never get the truth, I never get the truth. 
 
Bm                            C                                G 
I know the darkness falls on you. And it’s just a point of view 
                            Em                          C 
When you’re outside looking in you belong to someone and when 
                     Am 
you feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like your 
                    C (Strum)            G 
heart can break in two, someone loves you. 

G                         Em                                C 
I lay this suitcase on my chest so I can feel somebody’s weight. 
                 G                             D 
And I lay you to rest just to feel a give and take? 
G                        Em                             C 
I got a new interpretation and it’s a better point of view, you 
                    G                              D 
were looking for a landslide I was looking out for you, I was 
                 C                               G 
looking out for you, someone’s looking out for you 

Bm                            C                                G 
I know the darkness falls on you. And it’s just a point of view 
                            Em                          C 
When you’re outside looking in you belong to someone and when 
                     Am 
you feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like your 
                    C                     G 
heart can break in two, someone loves you. 

(bridge) 
G (strum)                     Em (strum) 
I am afraid of crossing lines. I am afraid of flying blind. 
C (strum)                  G (Strum)               D  (strum) to Am 
afraid of inquiring minds. Afraid of being left behind. 

G                             Em                           C 
I close my eyes I think of you, I take a step I think of you, 
                               G                             D 
I catch my breath I think of you, I cannot rest I think of you 

(last-Chorus) 
Bm                            C 
My one and only wrecking ball, and you’re cutting through my 
G                                   D                         Em 
walls. When you’re outside looking in you belong to someone and 
                          C                         Am 
when you feel like giving in and the coming of the end, like 
                          C                    G 
your heart could break in two, someone loves you.