The Starting Line

Intro 2x: C  Em  G  C

C                    Em                G                 C
This town was a lovers stage  but now you can't recognize
C                            Em               G
The streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
Dm                         Am              F                C
You can't find your bearings  you're slipping into the ground
F                   Am           G
The scene has no color and no sound

C                Em            G                  C
You still believe in me after the things I've done
C                  Em           G
You fear for what we have become
Dm                Am          F                 C
The ground is uneven  we stumble from day to day
F                         Am
But shelter where it's easy
             Em                            G
I know your feet are like lead  but you've gotta get on the way.

F             C                Em     Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F             C                    G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F           C            Em    Am
It's too easy to get left behind.
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
     F                                          C Em G C
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me

C                 Em          G                    C
Each heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze
C                        Em                  G
Love won't rest till it brings you to your knees
Dm                 Am   F                    C
Some find it easy  some will never even know
F                              Am
You think you've done your journey
            Em                          G
Then you stumble and find that there's such a long way to go.

F             C                Em     Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F             C                    G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F           C            Em    Am
It's too easy to get left behind.
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
     F
You wanna be lost and not be found
   Bbsus2
But let's take the back way into town
     F                                          C Em G C
And drink to the bad times  lay them down on me.

C                Em                    G                 C
Girl  I still believe in you  you're too good to fall so low
C                    Em              G
We're gonna find a better life  I know
Dm                   Am          F                 C
Things will be clearer  as soon as we make a start
F                      Am
We'll be that much nearer
          Em                     G
We're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart

F             C                Em     Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line
F             C                    G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F           C            Em    Am
It's too easy to get left behind.
Dm
I know you've been kicked around
     F                                      C       Em        G       C C Em G C
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me       on me       on me