[Intro]
MI                             MI7 
When there's nowhere else to run 
                           LA 
Is there room for one more son? 
         MI 
One more son? 
       DO#m 
If you can hold on, 
       LA               MI 
If you can hold on, hold on.
[Verse]
MI 
I want to stand up, I want to let go
 
I want to stand up, I want to let go 
                                  
You know you know - no, you don't,
      LA 
 you don't. 
You know you know - no, you don't, you don't. 
                                   
I want to shine on in the hearts of
 MI 
 men. 
I want to shine on in the hearts of men. 
  
I want a meaning from the back of my
 broken hand.
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand.
[Verse]
MI 
Another head aches, another heart
 breaks. 
Another head aches, another heart breaks. 
                              LA 
I'm so much older than I can take. 
                                   
And my affection, well it comes and
  MI 
 goes. 
And my affection, well it comes and goes. 
  
I need direction to perfection, no no
 no no
I need direction to perfection, no no no no
[Interlude]
MI 
Help me out, yeah 
  
You know you gotta help me out, yeah
 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                           LA 
Oh don't you put me on the back
 burner, 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner, 
                           MI 
You know you gotta help me out,
 yeah.
You know you gotta help me out, yeah.
[Verse]
MI 
And when there's nowhere else to run
 
And when there's nowhere else to run 
                              LA 
Is there room for one more son? 
  
These changes ain't changing me, 
     MI 
The cold-hearted boy I used to be.
[Chorus]
MI 
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out,
 yeah 
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                           LA 
Oh don't you put me on the back
 burner 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner 
                            MI 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah
 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                            DO#m 
You're gonna bring yourself down,
 yeah
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah
[Bridge]
                            LA 
You're gonna bring yourself down,
 yeah 
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah 
                            MI 
You're gonna bring yourself down. 
MI 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
  
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
LA 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
MI 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
 (2x) 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier (2x) 
DO#m 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier 
LA                              MI 
I got soul, but I'm not a soldier
[Chorus]
MI 
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out,
 yeah 
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                           LA 
Oh don't you put me on the back
 burner 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner 
                            MI 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah
 
You know you gotta help me out, yeah 
                            MI 
You're gonna bring yourself down,
 yeah 
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah 
  
You're gonna bring yourself down,
 yeah 
You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah 
                           LA 
Oh don't you put me on the back
 burner, 
Oh don't you put me on the back burner, 
                            MI 
You're gonna bring yourself down
[Outro]
DO#m     FA#m              LA 
Over and in, last call for sin. 
                                    
While everyone's lost, the battle is
 SI 
 won 
While everyone's lost, the battle is won 
                                MI 
With all these things that I've done.
 
With all these things that I've done. 
                                DO#m 
With all these things that I've done.
 
With all these things that I've done. 
       LA                  SI      
If you can hold on, if you can hold
    MI 
 on...
If you can hold on, if you can hold on...