Intro Slow Strums
G When there's nowhere else to run
Is there room for one more C son? One more G son?
If you Em can hold on, If you C can hold on, hold G on.
Instrumental Normal strumming
G G G G
Verse 1
G I want to stand up, I want to let go. You know you know - no, you don't, you don't. C
I want to shine on in the hearts of G men. I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand.
Verse 2
G Another head aches, another heart breaks. I'm so much older than I can C take.
And my affection, well it comes and G goes. I need direction to perfection, no no no no
Chorus 1
G Help me out, yeah, You know you gotta help me out, yeah
Oh don't you put me on the C back burner,
You know you gotta help me G out, yeah.
Verse 3
G And when there's nowhere else to run. Is there room for one more son?
These C changes ain't changing me. The G cold-hearted boy I used to be.
Chorus 2
G Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah
Oh don't you put me on the C back burner
You know you gotta help me G out, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself Em down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself C down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself G down.
Bridge
G I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
C I got soul, but I'm not a soldier G I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
G I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
C I got soul, but I'm not a soldier G I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
Em I got soul, but I'm not a soldier C I got soul, but I'm not a soldier G
Chorus 3
G Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah
Oh don't you put me on the C back burner
You know you gotta help me G out, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself G down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself G down, yeah
Oh don't you put me on the C back burner,
You're gonna bring yourself G down, yeah
You're gonna bring yourself Em down
Outro
Over and Am in, last call for C sin.
While everyone's lost, the battle is D* won
With all these things that I've G done. G
With all these things that I've Em done. Em
If you C can hold on, if you D can hold on
G - Single Strum