Chords
I Could Never Be That Man

Key: G

Introduction:

 G                                               C 
I've got my reasons for holding back,
 F                                               G 
Can't give my trust too fast
 G                                                           C 
I've pulled myself out of the wreck too many times
 F                                             G 
To think that words can last
 D                                     A 
You need someone to help you when you're down
 C                             D                           G 
Pick you like a pearl from the sand
 D                           A 
Somebody who's devoted to you
 C                               D                             G     D/F#   Em 
Right beside you when you take a stand
 C                         D             F           C             F           C           F   C   D     G 
I could never be that man.
 G                                               C 
You have a special shrine in your room
 F                                           G 
Pictures of lovers on the wall
 G                                                           C 
I loved to lie there and look into their eyes,
 F                                             G 
So confident before you let them fall
* * *Chorus 2 * * *
 G                                               C 
Will you tell me please how to get them off their knees,
 F                                                 G 
Twirling 'round you fast as they can,
 G                                                 C 
How did you know that it worried me so,
 F                                             G 
Not the ones who fall, but the ones who stand
I could never be that man.
 G                                           C 
I still remember that time in my life
 F                                     G 
When I was sinking so low.
 G                                                             C 
You stayed with me all through the night
 F                                           G 
And sang me some songs you know.
* * *Chorus 3 * * *
 D                                           A 
Now as time goes on, I wonder what went wrong,
 C                           D             G 
Didn't I fit into your little plan
 D                                                 A 
Couldn't I be the one you lay your troubles on,
 C                             D                                 G   D/F#   Em 
Walk you to the edge and hold you hand,
 C                             D                           G   D/F#   Em 
Pick you like a pearl from the sand,
 C                   D                           G   D/F#   Em 
Open every doorway that I can,
 C                         D             G   D/F#   Em     D       C   D   G       C   D   G       C   D   G 
I could never be that man.