G C Em D C
G            D
Troubled youth
G            D
Got the blues
D      C              E
Take a walk in those shoes
G             D          G
See how they fit for a while
    D
I can bend
G           Am
It's all pretend
           Am            Em
It's just fake until you mean it
 G              F#m            G
And one day you'll mean it for real

G D Am G D Am 

[Verse 2]
C          G
Here's to new beginnings
G
And starting over
          Am           Em    D
When you hope all's forgiven
     C                D
It's best not to ask for awhile
     G                          Am 
I believe some can see how to strike when it's red hot
      C         D         G
And crumble the castle walls

[Chorus]
G                                        C
If I bite the hook would you tell me I'm wrong?
                 G
You speak like a man who believes he's got no destiny
      D
He's content
           G
A trouble so great that you shouldn't have gone through
           C
With a clarity I've never seen
         G        E               D                     G
I will build you up until you're big enough to take me out

G D Am C G D Am C

[Verse 3]
G
I told you we'd see it through
Am              Em
But you don't believe
                D         C
And that's the part that kills me

(And that's the part)
                             G
Promise me, promise me you will

[Chorus]
G                                          C
If I bite the hook would you tell me I'm wrong?
     Em
You speak like a man who believes he's got no destiny
      D
He's content
               G
A trouble so great that you shouldn't have gone through
          C
With a clarity I've never seen
       G  Em      D               C     Em          G
I will build you up until you're big enough to pick me up