Key: C
Introduction:
C G F
Well it's a new year, with it comes new hopes and new fears
Em
Met a young man who was in tears, he asked me
F G
"What induces us to stay here?"
C G
I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying
C G
But I think you just have to keep on trying."
F Em C
And I know I am naive, but if anything
Am F
That's what's going to save me
G C
That's what's going to save me
C G C G
Took a stroll around the neighborhood where the trees are swaying
C G C G
People passed in cars with their windows down, with a pop song playing
F Em F
A man walked by, walking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go
G
Along
F Em F G
He stopped to look at me and say, "Child, don't fear doing things wrong."
F G C
Yet I am still afraid but if anything
Am F
That's what's going to save me
G C
That's what's going to save me
Am D7
Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight
F Em
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white
Am D7
Got to write more songs of a little more, treat my friends better
F Em
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter
F Em
And sometimes when it's too hard to go on
F Em
It just might be you that I call upon
F Em C
But I find it hard to believe, but if anything
Am F
That's what's going to save me
G C
That's what's going to save me
F
Tell me, tell me
G C F G C
Oh, what's going to save me?