[Intro]
D   D7      G    Gm
D   Em A7   D
[Estrofe]
D    Em       Bm7    A7         D 
Helpless, she lies across the stairs
 
Helpless, she lies across the stairs 
D              Em     Bm7  A7     
Haunting your days, consuming your
    D 
 prayers 
Haunting your days, consuming your prayers 
D              Em               
There will be healing, but don't
 Bm7         A7        D 
 force this girl to stand 
There will be healing, but don't force this girl to stand 
          D            Em           
As she's counting the ceilings, with
       Bm7         A7        D 
 pale voice and trembling hands
As she's counting the ceilings, with pale voice and trembling hands
[Refrão]
Em                    A7        D 
You told me life was long, but now
            G 
 that it's gone, 
You told me life was long, but now that it's gone, 
     D               Em         
You find yourself on top, as the
  F#m           G 
 leader of a flock 
You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock 
A7                           
Called to be a rock for those
    D   D7   G   Gm   D   Em A7   D 
 below
Called to be a rock for those below
[Estrofe]
D          Em            Bm7         
Whispered notes from the piano in the
  A7             D 
 corner of the room 
Whispered notes from the piano in the corner of the room 
D           Em             Bm7   
Hold your throat, is that healing
               A7              D 
 that you're hearing in her tune?
 
Hold your throat, is that healing that you're hearing in her tune? 
D         Em         Bm7        A7 
Wanting change, but loving her just
          D 
 as she lies 
Wanting change, but loving her just as she lies 
        D            Em         Bm7 
Is the burden of the man who's built
      A7       D 
 his life on love
Is the burden of the man who's built his life on love
[Refrão]
Em                    A7        D 
You told me life was long, but now
            G 
 that it's gone, 
You told me life was long, but now that it's gone, 
     D               Em         
You find yourself on top, as the
  F#m           G 
 leader of a flock 
You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock 
A7                           
Called to be a rock for those
    D   D7   G   Gm   D   Em A7   D 
 below
Called to be a rock for those below
[Estrofe]
Em7                     A7 
I'll be locked up and stored 
Em7            A7 
In a lavender ward 
Em7                    A7 
'Cause my mind is just like hers, 
          Em7                    
just as broken, just as crippled,
           A7 
 just as burned 
just as broken, just as crippled, just as burned 
            D             Em         
And then I find myself on top, as the
  F#m           G 
 leader of a flock 
And then I find myself on top, as the leader of a flock 
A7                           
Called to be a rock for those
    D   D7   G   Gm   D   Em A7   D 
 below
Called to be a rock for those below