Tom: C
C F
She fell down the stairs and opened her eyes
C
He’s over the edge this time
C F
He’s all wound up from the nightmares
C G
They make him lose his mind
F Am G
She’s distracted,
F C G F
lost the sense of the urgency tonight,
Am G C
lost sense of the urgency tonight
[Verse]
C G
For a couple of years she covered her eyes
C
And she’d give him hell sometimes
C F C G
The makeup covered the bruises, but somehow made her blind
F Am G
She got distracted,
F C G F
lost the sense of the urgency in life,
Am G C
lost sense of the urgency in life
Am G
Can she save herself, save her from the nightmare,
F G C
save her from the nightmare he’s become
[Verse]
C
She looks up the stairs, slips out the door
N.C.
The floor creaks so loud at night
C
The keys fumbling in the ignition
N.C.
This ride could turn the tide
F Am G
While he’s distracted
F C G F
she finds the urgent need to survive,
Am G C
she finds the urgent need to survive
Am G
Can she save herself, save her from the nightmare,
F G C
save her from the nightmare he’s become
Am G
She’s holding here, it’s tiring pretending
F G Am F C G
She’s tired from just waiting for it to end
[Bridge]
Am
She’s been hanging round
F C G
on this side of town missing opportunities
Am F C G
She wants to brace herself just enough to sing a little louder every day, yeah
[Interlude]
Am F C G
Am F
C G
....A little louder every day
[Verse]
C F
She runs up the stairs and it floods her eyes
C
She’s smiling for real this time
C F C G
No makeup to cover the bruises, no more running through life blind
F Am G
She just got distracted,
F C G F
but she’s finding the will and the strength to survive,
Am G C
she’s finding the will and the strength to survive
Am G
And it saves her from, saves her from the nightmare,
F G C
saves her from the nightmare he’s become
Am
She’s holding here,
G
she’s tired of pretending
F G C
Tired of just waiting for it to end
