verse 1
D G/D D G/D
Standing, waiting for a man to show
D G/D D G/D
Wide eyed, one eye fixed on the door
G
This waiting's killing me
D G/D D G/D
It's wearing me down
G
Day in, day out
D G/D D G/D
My feet are burning holes in the ground
Em G D Em G D D G/D D G/D
verse 2
D G/D D G/D
Darkness, warmer than a bedroom floor
D G/D D G/D
Want someone to hold me close forever more
G
I'm a sleeping dog
D G/D
But you can't tell
G
When I'm on the prowl
D G/D
You better run like hell
A G
You know it makes sense
D
Don't even think about it
G D
Life and death
Em A
Are things you just do when you're born
Chorus
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend
Em A
You add it up, it brings you down
Em A
You add it up, it brings you down
D G/D D G/D
verse 3
D G/D D G/D
Home is leaving like a man on the run
D G/D D G/D
Trails leading nowhere, where to my son?
G
We're already dead
D G/D
But not yet in the ground
G D G/D
Come on, shake my helping hand I'll show you around
A G
You know it makes sense
D
Don't even think about it
G D
Life and death
Em A
Are things you just do when you're born
Chorus
A G D
Say fear's a man's best friend