Tom: C
INTRO: C G C G F C G C F C G
F C
Mother said stand up straight
G C
Don't let your classmates make
F C G
You feel like you don't belong
F C
So, you're not like the rest of them
G Am F
Someday the best of them
G
Will realize they were wrong
Am G Em F
But in my world, different meant lonely
Am G F G
The last place I wanted to be, was
CHORUS:
C F Dm7 G
Standing out in a crowd
C F Dm7 G
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
C F Dm7 G
What are they whispering about?
F C
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
Eb G
You can't see the grace in it
F C G C F C G
Standing out in a crowd
F C
Too short, too tall
G C
Flower against the wall
F C G
The last one chosen to play
F C
Too smart, too dumb
G Am F
Too strange a place to be from
G
Same shoes every day
Am G Em F
With all these ways to be different
Am G F G
Then maybe that's how you fit in, by
CHORUS:
C F Dm7 G
Standing out in a crowd
C F Dm7 G
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
C F Dm7 G
What are they whispering about?
F C
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
Eb G
Instead of embracing it
F C G C F C G
Standing out in a crowd
BRIDGE:
Bb
It's funny how now
F G C G C G
E|t's| not such a bad place to be----
F C G C F C G
Standing out in a crowd
F C G
Standing out in a crowd
CHORUS:
C F Dm7 G
Standing out in a crowd
C F Dm7 G
Where the spotlight finds you and singles you out
C F Dm7 G
What are they whispering about?
F C
We're thinking up ways to take up less space
Eb G
There's no escaping it
F C G C F C G
Standing out in a crowd
F C G C F C G
Standing out in a crowd
