Key: G
Introduction:
G
O the walls are closin' in
C
I can feel it in my bones
D
Like water risin' up to my chin
G
Another long night to be alone
G
I could go out on the town
C
Talk too much and laugh too loud
D
If I'm already on my way down
G
I might as well just work the crowd
C G
Can you hear me now
D
Can you hear me now
C G
Can you hear me now
D G
Can you hear me now
G
O the stories I could tell
C
Sometimes I really hit my stride
D
We make our own Heaven and our own Hell
G
Tryin' to get across to the other side
G
But everyday ends up the same
C
One step up, two steps back
D
Like some old silent movie frame
G
Zoom in close, then fade to black
C G
Can you hear me now
D
Can you hear me now
C G
Can you hear me now
D G
Can you hear me now
C Em
How did the load get to be so heavy
G C
I used to wear my troubie like a crown
Em C
A bad flood's poundin' on the levee
G
And l'm gonna need some help
D
To hold my ground
Instrumental
G
But I'm sinkin' like a stone
C
To where in solitude this life I'll spend
D
In the coldest place I've ever known
G
I'm here just waitin' until the end
G
I send up my S.O.S.
C
A message in a bottle set out to sea
D
It just reads "Soul in distress"
G
But nobody ever got back to me
C G
Can you hear me now
D
Can you hear me now
C G
Can you hear me now
D G
Can you hear me now
C G
Can you hear me now
D
Can you hear me now
C G
Can you hear me now
D G
Can you hear me now