Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 Verse 1: Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 If you were a baby I would take you and run Bm A Gmaj7 I could hide you in the folds of my heart Bm/D Esus2 Bm/D Esus2 There's a truth in the madness that I can't get beyond Bm A Gmaj7 And a fever that won't leave me alone Bm I don't want my heart A G A Don't want my head Bm Don't want my friends A G A Don't want my bed Bm A/C# I can't live with myself G/D A/C# I can't live with myself Bm A/C# Can't take no help D A I try to want to Bm/D Esus2 But I can't get beyond you
Bm/D Esus2 Verse 2: Bm/D Esus2 I will stare from the window Bm/D Esus2 At the shapes in the rain Bm A Gmaj7 As the space between us drives me insane Bm A/C# I can't live with myself G/D A/C# I can't live with myself Bm A/C# Can't take no help G/D A/E Don't want no one else Bridge: E A/E If I was a child Em7 A/E I would refuse to leave E A/E I would sit down on the street Em7 A/E Kick my legs and scream Dmaj7 G/A I'm not much of a man Dmaj7 G/A But I know how I am Dmaj7 G/A I know this won't fade away Dmaj7 G/A I will pretend and be strong Dmaj7 G/A Dmaj7 G/A But I wonder where I belong Bb F5 G5/E F5/D Bb6 Verse 4: F5 G5/E F5/D Bb6 And the feeling comes in waves F5 G5/E F5/D Bb6 A hole in my body, aching F5 G5/E Like a heart dying F5/D Bb6 A soul crying F5 Exhausted and insecure G5/E F5/D Bb6 Took all you have and I still want more Dm C/E Bb/F C/E So I reach out to hold you Dm C Bb But all I do is hurt you Bb C Hurt you Verse 5: Dm I can't live with myself C/E Bb/F C/E I can't live with myself Dm C Can't take no help Bb C I try to want to Dm C Bb C But I can't get beyond you Dm C Bb C Dm C Bb C If I was a child I would take you and run Dm C And I say I don't know... But I know Bb C And I say I'll go Dm C You just spent the whole day Bb C Driving away Dm C Bb C Dm (repeat untill fadeout)