Round Here

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C(AddD)                          D
Step out the front door like a ghost
                          Em7
Into the fog where no-one notices
                 G
The contrast of white on white.



              C(AddD)
And in in between the moon and you
   D
Angels get a better view
        Em7                        
Of the crumbling difference between
  G
 wrong and right.



        C(AddD)
I walk in the air between the rain
D
Through myself and back again.
Em7                   G
Where?  I don't know.



C(AddD)
Maria says she's dying.
                    D
Through the door I hear her crying?
        Em7           G
Why?    I don't know



          C     D           
Round here we always stand up 
          Em    G
straight
          C     D                 
Round here, something radiates.
    Em    G




 C(AddD)                        
Maria came from Nashville with a 
 D
suitcase in her hand
                Em7              
She said she'd like to meet a boy 
                G
who looks like Elvis
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She walks along the edge where the 
D
ocean meets the land
                Em7                
Just like she's walking on a wire 
           G
in the circus
    C(AddD)                    
She parks her car outside of my 
       D
house takes her clothes off,
Em7                    
She say's she's close to 
                G
understanding Jesus
                 C(AddD)        
She knows she's more than just a 
            D
little misunderstood
        Em7                        
She has trouble acting normal when 
     G
shes nervous



       C          D            
Round here we're carving out our 
   Em    G
names
       C          D           Em 
Round here we all look the same
       G

          C                        D
Round here we talk just like lions



        Em                   G
But we sacrifice like lambs
          C            D          
Round here she's slipping through 
      Em
my hands



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 Sleeping children better run 
         A  G A
like the wind
Am7         D7            A   G A
Out of the lightning dream
  Am7              D7/A     
Mama's little baby better get 
         A     G A
herself in
 C          D
Out of the lightning



     C(AddD)     D           Em7 
She says, "It's only in my head."
      G

     C(AddD)                  D   
She says, "shh...I know it's only 
       Em7    G
in my head."



        C(AddD)
But the girl on the street by the 
parking lot
      D
says:"Man, you should try to Take a 
shot
Em7                      
Can't you see my walls are 
             G
crumbling?"



         C(AddD)
Then she looks up at the building
              D
Say's she's thinking of jumping
                Em7
She says she's tired of life;

              G
She must be tired of something.



          C        D            
Round here she's always on my 
Em    G
mind
          CD              Em     G
Round here I got lots of time
          C                        
Round here we're never sent to bed 
   D
early
       Em               G
Man, nobody makes us wait
          C           D           
round here we stay up very, very, 
Em           G
very, very late.
              C          D
I can't see nothin', nothin'
         Em
Around here
 G                     C
  You catch me if I'm falling,
                     D
You catch me if I'm falling,
                             Em
Will you catch me cause I'm falling 
down on you

G            C(AddD)        D
 I said I'm under the gun

       Em7      G
Around here
                   C(AddD)       D
Oh, man I said I'm under the gun
        Em7
Around here
G                          C(AddD)
  And I can't see nothin',
     D
Nothin'
             Em
Round      here.