Kate Miller Heidke

Caught in a crowd

Capo on 5th fret

3 chords - C  Am  F



C (x32010@1)                  AmThere (x02210@1)was a guy at my school when I was in high school
     F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)We'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles 
C (x32010@1)                  AmNever (x02210@1)even spoken or faced each other 
           F (133211@1)            CBut (x32010@1)on the last hill we'd race each other

C (x32010@1)                         AmWhen (x02210@1)we reached the racks we'd each go our own way 
  F (133211@1)                      CI (x32010@1)wasn't in his classes, I didn't know his name 
        C (x32010@1)                          AmWhen (x02210@1)we finally got to speak he just stared at his feet 
    F (133211@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)mumbled a sentence that ended with 'James'

C (x32010@1)             AmI (x02210@1)was young and caught in the crowd 
F (133211@1)                     CI (x32010@1)didn't know then what I know now 
C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)  CI (x32010@1)was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry 
C (x32010@1)                AmIf (x02210@1)I could go back do it again 
F (133211@1)            CI'd (x32010@1)be someone you could call friend 
C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)  CPlease (x32010@1)please believe that I'm sorry

C (x32010@1)                    AmWell (x02210@1)he was quite a big guy, kinda shy and quiet 
         F (133211@1)                             CWhen (x32010@1)the kids called him weird he didn't try to deny it 
      C (x32010@1)                  AmEvery (x02210@1)lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself 
          F (133211@1)                            CRound (x32010@1)the boundary of the grounds til he heard the bell

C (x32010@1)                  AmWell (x02210@1)one day I found him, joined him on his walk 
        F (133211@1)                        CWe (x32010@1)were silent for a while until we started to talk 
   C (x32010@1)                    AmI (x02210@1)told him my family were fighting in court 
   F (133211@1)                  CHe (x32010@1)said his step-dad and him always fought

C (x32010@1)                 AmWe (x02210@1)talked about music, he was into punk 
F (133211@1)                          CTold (x32010@1)me all the bands that I liked were junk 
  C (x32010@1)                      AmI (x02210@1)said I'd never heard the songs the sex pistols sang 
  F (133211@1)                     CI (x32010@1)laughed back at him and then the bell rang

C (x32010@1)             AmI (x02210@1)was young and caught in the crowd 
F (133211@1)                     CI (x32010@1)didn't know then what I know now 
C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)  CI (x32010@1)was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry 
C (x32010@1)                AmIf (x02210@1)I could go back do it again 
F (133211@1)            CI'd (x32010@1)be someone you could call friend 
C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)  CPlease (x32010@1)please believe that I'm sorry

C (x32010@1)                 AmIt (x02210@1)was after school in the afternoon 
    F (133211@1)                          CThe (x32010@1)corridors were crowded as we came out of the rooms 
     C (x32010@1)                     AmThree (x02210@1)guys I knew pushed him into the cement 
  F (133211@1)                    CThrew (x32010@1)away his bag and said he had no friends

C (x32010@1)                      AmHe (x02210@1)yelled that he did and he looked around 
F (133211@1)                       CTried (x32010@1)getting up but they pushed him on down 
C (x32010@1)                    Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)    CThat's (x32010@1)when he saw me, called out my name

C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)    CAnd (x32010@1)I turned my back, and just walked away
      C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)    CYeah (x32010@1)I turned my back, and just walked away



C (x32010@1)             AmI (x02210@1)was young and caught in the crowd 
F (133211@1)                     CI (x32010@1)didn't know then what I know now 
C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)  CI (x32010@1)was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry 
C (x32010@1)                AmIf (x02210@1)I could go back do it again 
F (133211@1)            CI'd (x32010@1)be someone you could call friend 
C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)  CPlease (x32010@1)please believe that I'm sorry 
C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)                 F (133211@1)  CPlease, (x32010@1)please believe that I'm sorry


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