[Intro]
C  Fm  C  Fm 
C  Am  G  C
[Strophe]
C    Fm 
So be it I'm your crowbar 
C             Fm 
If that's what I am so far 
C          Am   G       C 
Until you get out of this mess 
C          Fm 
And I will pretend 
C                 Fm 
That I don't know of your sins 
C           Am     Gm      F 
Until you are ready to confess
[Refrain]
F          Dm   F7  D7 
But all the time, all the time 
C       F      C      F 
I'll know, I'll know 
C           Fm 
And you can use my skin 
C       Fm 
To bury secrets in 
C      Am  G          C 
And I will settle you down 
C         Fm 
And at my own suggestion 
C      Fm 
I will ask no questions 
C              Am          Gm     F 
While I do my thing in the background
 
While I do my thing in the background 
F           Dm   F7  D7 
But all the time, all the time 
C        F7     C     F7 
I'll know, I'll know
[Pont]
E   Am 
  
E                       Am 
Baby -- I can't help you out 
F7                 C7 
While she's still around 
C    Fm       C 
So for the time being 
C    Fm    C  Am  G  C 
I'm being patient 
C            Fm 
And amidst this bitterness 
C               Fm 
If you'll just consider this 
C         Am      Gm     Fmaj7 
Even if it don't make sense 
Dm       F7      D7 
All the time, give it time 
C             Fm          C 
And when the crowd becomes your
 burden 
And when the crowd becomes your burden 
     Fm                        C 
And you've early closed your curtain
 
And you've early closed your curtain 
      Am          G        C 
I'll wait by the backstage door 
C         Fm 
While you try to find 
C        Fm 
The lines to speak your mind 
C                 Am    Gm      F 
And pry it open hoping for an encore
 
And pry it open hoping for an encore 
          Dm           F7     D7 
And if it gets too late for me to
 wait 
And if it gets too late for me to wait 
C                    Em            C 
For you to find you love me, and tell
 me so 
For you to find you love me, and tell me so 
Am    D   F7            G 
It's ok, don't need to say it...
[Outro]
C  Fm  x6 
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