Am

[Verse]
Am
I choose to be his confidant 
             G                               
And to keep him from the fire 
F                       G                          Am 
I choose to be quietly discreet if that is his desire 
                        G                F
I touch with gossamer wings to be quiet around you 
                         Dm
There is so much going on you could easily 
Am               Em
Wake up with a stranger  

[Chorus]
        F                    C
it's not something  that you plan 
Dm             C
One night in a world of pain 
          F            G
And you finally understand 
    Am               D          G             Dm
Not all the king's horses, not all the king's men 
F                     D
Could put it back together 

[Turn Around]
Am    G 

[Verse]
Am                                 G
You say you wouldn't do this for very long 
     F                      G
The applause from it all is so defining 
Am                      G
Well it bounces off the wall at you 
     F                   G        Am
When the miracle is happening 
                        G                               
High priestess...she's the keeper of the peace in this 
F               C         G       Am                    G
Twice as much, intensified             what people will do 
     F   D   
To get...this...high 

[Chorus]
      F
It's not something you plan 
Dm             C
One night in a world of pain 
          F            G
And you finally understand 
    Am              D           G
Not all the king's horses, not all the king's men 
F                     D
Could put it back together 

[Turn Around]
Am  

[Verse]
Am                              
And now alone in my room as it all begins again                 
Am
Was I so wrong why am I always so intense 
Am
In this same place I sit the same place as before
Am
Well I came all the way here 
                                                  F    G
Just to watch you walk out that do     -          or  

[Verse]
Am
I didn't ask when you shook your head 
C                                               
I always accepted what you said 
F                             G
As the truth and the truth only 
         Am
Well it's not enough that you depend on me 
        G                                     F
And it's not enough that you say you love me 
                            D
It's not enough to just save face 
          Am  Em    F             G         Am    Em
Because sometimes,       you just fall from grace 
F    G  Am     Em    F                       Am   Em   F    G
        Sometimes,        you just fall from grace 

[Solo]
D     Am

[Verse] 
Am                                                  
Maybe I am calmer now maybe things are fine 
Am
Maybe I made the whole thing up 
                  G
Maybe it isn't a lie 
Am                  
Maybe the reason I say these things 
      G
Is to bring you back alive 
Am                                  
Maybe I fought this long and this hard 

Just to make sure you  -  survi    -    ve 
        D                Am                    
Just to make sure you -  survi    -     ve