Chords
Gotta Knock a Little Harder

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
hard |||||
          G    A7    F    C/G    G    G4    G  
G  
Happiness is just a word to me,
                                                                                     F  
And it might have meant a thing or two
                                             C  C4  C  
if I'd known the difference.
G  
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
                                                                     F  
And my life, another smokin' gun
                                          C  C4  C  
A sign of my indifference.
Eb  
Always keepin' safe inside
                                  F  
Where no one ever had a chance
                                             G  G4  G  
To penetrate or break in.
Eb  
Let me tell you some have tried,
                  F  
but I slam the door so tight
                                                             G  G4  G  
That they could never get in.
G  
Kept my cool under lock and key
                A#sus9
     F                                                 C  C4  C  
Another sign of my condition.
G  
Fear of love or bitter vanity
             A#sus9
          F                                                              C  C4  C  
The main of events at my confession.
Eb  
I kept a chain upon my door
                                F  
That would shake the shame of Cain
                                             G  G4  G  
into a blind submission.
Eb  
The burning ghost without a name
                                F  
Was still calling all the same
                                                  G  
But I just wouldn't listen.
G  
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
A7  
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
F                                 C/G                            G  G4  G  
I was crawlin' into the fire
G  
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
A7  
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
F                              C/G                         G  G4  G  
I kept fallin' into the fire
      G    A7    F    C/G    G    G4    G(2x)  
                G    G#  
A  
Suddenly it occurred to me
                                                                    G  
The reason for the run and hide
                                        D  D4  D  
Had totaled my existence
A  
Everything left on the other side
                                                                            G  
Could never be much worse that this
                                                  D  D4  D  
But could I go the distance
F  
     I faced the door and all my shame
                     G  
Tearin' off each piece of chain
                                  A  Asus4A  
Until they were broken
F  
But no matter how I tried
                          G  
The other side was locked so tight
                                                  A  Asus4A  
The door it wouldn't open
A  
Gave it all that I got
And started to knock
          B7  
Shouted for someone
To open the lock
                  G         D                                            A  Asus4A  
I just gotta get through the door
A  
And the more that I knocked
The hotter I got
             B7  
The hotter I got
The harder I'd knock
                  G         D                                                 A  Asus4A  
I just gotta break through the door
                                                          A  
Gotta knock a little harder
                                                          B7  
Gotta knock a little harder
                                                          G            D  
Gotta knock a little harder
                                                     A  Asus4A  
Break through the door