Familiar Theme

C
         C                 G
How to escape a familiar theme
    Am                  C
An idea you're at home in
If you're not careful it could crush
  G
 you
        Am
Like a straight-jacket


[Verse 1]
        C                          G
I wanna know how to break new ground
       Am                  C
Like a long distance runner
                     G             
My face is contorted into a grimace
    Am               C
 he wears a half smi-ile
                      G
That you hate him for
   Am               C          
He wears a half smi-ile that you 
              G   Am  C
hate him for


[Verse 2]
         C                G
We had a strong foundation
              Am            C
But could not pass the test
      C                G     
And a lack of blame is not our 
          Am
problem
          C                        
It's been passed around from mouth 
              G           Am      
to mouth like rumors in a broken 
     C
to -o-own
                             G     
When you watched it rise and fall, 
        Am           C
you'd forgotten that


[Pre Chorus]
                  Em     G      C
What you had is never coming 
    G
ba-ack
C                Em             
What you had is never coming 
C   G
ba-ack


[Chorus]
                C
I need a window to see out of
        Em
(Window to see out of)
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G                   C
I need some time so I can count down
      G
(Some time so I can count down)
       C
To the day that I could tell you
     Em
(The day that I could tell you)
G                C                
That I know just where I'm going
G  C



[Verse 3]
           C
I tried to drink from the well but 
it had dried up
           G                    
I tried to live off my hands but 
              Am
they've been tied up
       C
People sick with ambition, hunting a
 reputation
     G                             
To advance their position they will
     Am
 try anything


[Verse 4]
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If their boots on your neck, you 
                    G
should shake fast
                      Am           
Glue your eyes to the floor, push a
            C
 fake laugh
Keep your head down, but keep your 
        G
eyes wi-ide
       Am                      C
To the floor, keep your head down


[Pre Chorus]
                  Em     G      C
What you had is never coming 
   G
ba-ack
C                Em             
What you had is never coming 
C   G
ba-ack


[Chorus]
                C
I need a window to see out of
        Em
(Window to see out of)
G                   C
I need some time so I can count down
      G
(Some time so I can count down)
       C
To the day that I could tell you
     Em
(The day that I could tell you)
G                C                
That I know just where I'm going
G  C



[Bridge]
C
What you had is never coming back
                      C
Looking back to a simpler time
                C
What you had is never coming back
                            G
Familiar faces you can recognize


[Chorus]
                C
I need a window to see out of
        Em
(Window to see out of)
G                   C
I need some time so I can count down
      G
(Some time so I can count down)
       C
To the day that I could tell you
     Em
(The day that I could tell you)
G                C                
That I know just where I'm going
G  C



[Otro]
 C
{I need a window to see out of)
                      C
All you want is a simpler time
                            G
Familiar faces you can recognize
C
All you want is a simpler time
                            G    C
Familiar faces you can recognize