Tom: Am
F G Em C Am
[Verse 1]
F
I was sitting alone again in the wheelchair
G Em
Stomach in reverse, blood pouring from my lips
C
To an audience of 30 in the waiting room
Am
In all the world, I was thinking of you
[Verse 2]
F
The nurse, the priest, and the looks on their faces
G Em
When they came to me, I couldn't shake the feeling
C
That they knew something, something I didn't
Am
I was trembling, and clinging to nothing
[Pre-chorus]
F
Only breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
G Em
I'm breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
C
I'm breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
Am
I'm breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
[Chorus]
F
It's been 3 months and a week, I should be better
G Em
But you visit each night in my sleep, and when I wake
C
It's just the dirt cold feel of my sheets
Em Am
I've been a toddler looking for some hands to reach
F
The birds don't sigh when they sing, and that's all right
G Em
It's just your voice on the phone has been the only light
C Em
At the top of the world, where I have been drowning under
Am
Careful blowing from your voice every night
[Instrumental]
F G Em C Am
[Verse 3]
F
Some days I laid in the hospital bed
G Em
Just waiting for my body to stomach
C
Only sustenance from the words you said
Am
But dying, wondering how it all fell apart
[Verse 4]
F
And of course it did, I was trying to fix something
G Em
That I could not fix, I was blind from the beginning
C
I was fumbling 'round on the earth so thin
Am
But wondering how I kept falling in
[Pre-chorus]
F
Only breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
G Em
I'm breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
C
I'm breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
Am
I'm breaking my neck trying to keep my head up
[Chorus]
F
It's been 3 months and a week, I should be better
G Em
But you visit each night in my sleep, and when I wake
C
It's just the dirt cold feel of my sheets
Em Am
I've been a toddler looking for some hands to reach
F
The birds don't sigh when they sing, and that's all right
G Em
It's just your voice on the phone has been the only light
C Em
At the top of the world, where I have been drowning under
Am
Careful blowing from your voice every night
