C  G  F  Em

C                    G                                     F
Well it's a new year, with it comes new hopes and new fears.
                             Em
Met a young man who was in tears, he asked me,
F                         G
"What induces us to stay here?"
       C                            G
I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying,
C                           G
But I think you just have to keep on trying."

F                 Em               C
And I know I am naive, but if anything
Am                         F
That's what's going to save me
G                         C
That's what's going to save me

C                             G        C                    G
Took a stroll around the neighborhood where the trees are swaying.
C                                  G           C                  G
People passed in cars with their windows down, with a pop song playing.
F                  Em                                F
A man walked by, walking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go 
   G
along.
F             Em                          F                         G 
He stopped to look at me and say, "Child, don't fear doing things wrong."

F             G                 C
Yet I am still afraid but if anything
Am                        F
That's what's going to save me
G                         C
That's what's going to save me

Am                              D7
Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight,
F                                            Em
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white.
Am                             D7
Got to write more songs of a little more, treat my friends better.
F                                Em
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter.
F                            Em
And sometimes when it's too hard to go on,
F                    Em
It just might be you that I call upon.

F                  Em                  C
But I find it hard to believe, but if anything
Am                        F
That's what's going to save me
G                        C
That's what's going to save me

F
Tell me, tell me
G                      C           F  G  C
Oh, what's going to save me?