Intro: x2 
F   C   F   C   F C D  G  
 
G                        C 
I've got my reasons for holding back, 
F                        G 
Can't give my trust too fast 
G                              C 
I've pulled myself out of the wreck too many times 
F                       G 
To think that words can last 
 
D                   A 
You need someone to help you when you're down 
C               D              G 
Pick you like a pearl from the sand 
D              A 
Somebody who's devoted to you 
C                D               G   D/F#  Em 
Right beside you when you take a stand 
C             D       F      C       F      C      F  C  D   G 
I could never be that man.  

G                        C 
You have a special shrine in your room 
F                      G 
Pictures of lovers on the wall 
G                              C 
I loved to lie there and look into their eyes, 
F                       G 
So confident before you let them fall 
***Chorus 2*** 
G                        C 
Will you tell me please how to get them off their knees, 
F                         G 
Twirling 'round you fast as they can, 
G                         C 
How did you know that it worried me so, 
F                       G 
Not the ones who fall, but the ones who stand 
 
I could never be that man. 
***SOLO 
G                      C 
I still remember that time in my life 
F                   G 
When I was sinking so low. 
G                               C 
You stayed with me all through the night 
F                      G 
And sang me some songs you know. 
***Chorus 3*** 
D                      A 
Now as time goes on, I wonder what went wrong, 
C              D       G 
Didn't I fit into your little plan 
D                         A 
Couldn't I be the one you lay your troubles on, 
C               D                 G  D/F#  Em 
Walk you to the edge and hold you hand, 
C               D              G  D/F#  Em 
Pick you like a pearl from the sand, 
C          D              G  D/F#  Em 
Open every doorway that I can, 
C             D       G  D/F#  Em   D    C  D  G    C  D  G    C  D  G 
I could never be that man.