The Great Escape

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[Intro]
G Em x4

[Verse]
G        Em                      
I can understand how when the 
            G      Em
edges are rough
G       Em                       
And they cut you like the tiniest
            G      Em
 slivers of glass
         C         Am
And you feel too much
               C        Am        
And you don't know how long you're
           G Em      G Em
 gonna last

[Chorus]
                   D               
But everyone you know is tryin' to 
C         G
smooth it over
C              G                 D
Find a way to make the hurt go away
                  D                
But everyone you know is trying to 
  C       G
smooth it over
C                      G  
Like you're trying to scream 
         D
underwater
C                             G  
But I won't let you make the 
     D    C
great escape
C                               
I'm never gonna watch you checkin 
   G        D      C
out of this place
C
I'm not gonna lose you
             G           D
Cause the passion and the pain
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            G        D        C
Are gonna keep you alive someday
C (fade, soft)               G  Em  
   G   Em
Gonna keep you alive someday

[Verse]
G                   Em           
I feel like I could wave my fist 
       G           Em
in front of your face
         G           Em          
And you wouldn't flinch or even 
G      Em
feel a thing
                              C    
And you've retreated to your silent
    Am
 corner
           C       Am             
Like you decided the fight was 
        G   Em    G   Em
over for ya
               D              
Everyone you know is trying to 
   C        G
smooth it over
C                      G         D
Find a way to make the hurt go away

[Chorus]
              D                C  
Everyone you know, is tryin' 
      G
smooth it over
C                G               
Everyone needs a floor they can 
      D
fall through
C                        G   
I won't let you make the great 
D     C
escape,
C                                 
I'm never gonna watch you checkin 
G       D      C
out of this place
C
I'm not gonna lose you
           G                D
Cause the passion and the pain
              G      D          C
Are gonna keep you alive someday
C (build up)                        
             G Em x 4
They're gonna keep you alive 
someday..m.m.m.m.mmmm

[Bridge]
G        Em                      
Oh, terrified of the dark but not
      G       Em
 if you go with me
        G  Em                  G 
And I don't need a pill to make 
        Em
me numb
    C                      Am
And I wrote the book on runnin'
            C         Am       
But that chapter of my life will 
              G    Em  G Em
soon be done

[Chorus]
D                    C G     D
I'm the king of the great escape
D                                 
You're not gonna watch me checkin 
C      G      D
out of this place
D
You're not gonna lose me
             C        G
Cause the passion and pain
           C       G       D
Are gonna keep us alive someday
D (fade)
Yeah the passion and the pain
C (soft fade)                  G  Em
     G   Em
Are gonna keep us alive someday,
G       Em    G (fade out)
someday