Dm       F       G       C
Dm       F       G       C
Dm       F       G       C
Dm       F       G       C

[Verse 1]
Dm    F
E|---M| y black jacket
     G        C
Don't make me no streetfighter
Dm      F
---Your long fingernails
     G         C
Don't make you no movie star
Dm         F
---We better shed our skin
G         C
---Find out who we're hiding
Dm         F
---I don't think I want to take
    G          C
The waiting anymore

[Chorus 1]
Bb
---If you're afraid to
C                  Dm
Fall, you'll never walk the wire
Bb
---If you're afraid to
A    G       F     Em
Burn, you'll never swallow
Dm       F
Fire
A     G       F     Em
      -You'll never swallow
Dm
Fire

[Verse 2]
Dm     F
---You don't have to be
G           C
---Hush-hush around this town
Dm                 F
-You don't need those kind of people
G           C
Hounding at your door
Dm            F
-You don't have to carry
    G         C
The world on your skinny shoulders
Dm            F
-You don't need to be your daddy's
G          C
Barbie doll no more

[Chorus 2]
Bb
---If you're afraid to
C                  Dm
Fall, you'll never walk the wire
Bb
---If you're afraid to
A    G       F     Em
Burn, you'll never swallow
Dm       F
Fire
A     G       F     Em
      -You'll never swallow
Dm         D
Fire

[Bridge]
G
-And if you're afraid
   A
To drown, you'll never walk on water
G
-You must want to be something
A         G      F#m        Em
More than just a rich man's daughter
A         G      F#m        Em
                               Yeah!

[Solo]
D        F       G       C
Dm       F       G       C
Dm       F       G       C
Dm       F       G       C

[Chorus 3]
Bb
---If you're afraid to
C                  Dm
Fall, you'll never walk the wire
Bb
---If you're afraid to
A    G       F     Em
Burn, you'll never swallow
Dm       F
Fire
A     G       F     Em
      -You'll never swallow
Dm
Fire

[Verse 3]
Dm   F
--- There's a circus playing
G           C
---On the edge of town tonight
Dm        F
---We can go and watch these
G               C
Clowns bleed by moonlight, oh then
      Dm               F
We'll climb in my dark car and drive
G                      C
-Won't even think about where we're going
Dm         F
---Just like the river don't stop flowing
G               C
---We're better off not knowing

[Chorus 4]
Bb
---But if you're afraid to
C                  Dm
Fall, you'll never walk the wire
Bb
---If you're afraid to
A    G       F     Em
Burn, you'll never swallow
Dm           F
(tacet vocal)
A     G       F     Em
      -You'll never swallow
Dm           F
(tacet vocal)
A     G       F     Em
      -You'll never swallow
Dm
Fire