Tom: G#m [Intro] F#m A E B B A E B How can you be so certain that you're the one flirting with fire F#m If each choir needs preaching A E B F#m And everyone's reaching into their pockets to see what they got A E B F#m If not a lot has changed, but if everything's changing A E B F#m Blame to see you sin, but no one sees face-to-face or eye-to-eye A E B This is not how it has to end F#m Who wants to be one step ahead E B And the first to the punchline? F#m Just one step ahead E B F#m First to the punchline A G#m F#m When it feels like it's all closing in, mmm A G#m F#m All the lines we won't cross, we bend instead A G#m F#m Never mind all the noise going through your head, oh E D F#m 'Cause every time we talk, we say the same things that we say E D F#m G#m A 'Cause you never mind all the noise going through your head ( E B F#m G#m A ) ( E B G#m ) F#m A E B How can I be so certain in my first impressions are mine? F#m A E If each morning I wake up with circles around me that say B A I got mine, I give in, I give up, it's too much E B Come one, let's give 'em hell! F#m No, why not love?, you say A E B Be too hard and that's not enough in this house of cards F#m Who wants to be one step ahead E B And the first to the punchline? F#m Just one step ahead E B F#m The first to the punchline A G#m F#m When it feels like it's all closing in, mmm A G#m F#m All the lines we won't cross, we bend instead A G#m F#m Never mind all the noise going through your head, oh E D F#m 'Cause every time we talk, we say the same things that we say E D F#m And every line we cross, we say the same things that we say E D F#m Every time we try, we play the same old games, it's all been said E D F#m Now, never mind all the noise going through your head