Key:
Introduction:
G
I never liked baseball
C
But I always ended up on the team
G
I wasn't drawn to the girls
C
In the Sports Illustrated Magazine
G
And when push came to shove
I hid who I was
C
Under lock and key
G
I built a whole man
I didn't understand
C D
And people called him me
C G
Push it down and play it safe
D Em
Get in line or get away
C G D Em
You did what you had to do to make it through the day
D C G
And now my life is a series of confrontations
D Em D
Between my traits and the ones I was fakin
C G D
On my search for who I was meant to be
Em D
Who I was meant to be
G
I was in touch with my emotions
C
But no one could еver know it but me
G
How could I evеr be respected
C
If somebody else perceives me as weak?
G
So when push came to shove
I lived in disgust
C
Under lock and key
G
I built a whole man
I didn't understand
C D
And people called him me
C G
Push it down and play it safe
D Em
Get in line or get away
C G D
You did what you had to do to make it through the day
Em D C G
And now my life is a series of confrontations
D Em D
Between my traits and the ones I was fakin
C G D
On my search for who I was meant to be
Em D C
Who I was meant to be
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C G D Em
You'll never know if you don't let go
C G D Em
You'll never know if you don't let go
C G
Push it down and play it safe
D Em
Get in line or get away
C G A D
You did what you had to do to make it through the day
C G
And now my life is a series of confrontations
D Em
Between my traits and the ones I was fakin
C G D
On my search for who I was meant to be
Em C
Who I was meant to be
Em D C
Who I was meant to be