• Song:

    Footprints On My Ceiling

  • Artist:

    Social Distortion

  • Album:

    2005-03-06: St. Petersb...

Social Distortion - Footprints on my ceiling
Standard tuning

Intro:
F, C, G, Bb F  x2

Verse 1:
F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)Everybody wants a lover, nobody wants to uncover
G (320003@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)           FWhat (133211@1)may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past

F (133211@1)                      CWanna (x32010@1)go without a care, pull gardenias from her hair
G (320003@1)                                Bb (x1333x@1)      FI (133211@1)think of a time we didn't have a care in the world

F (133211@1)                         CCaptivated (x32010@1)by her beauty, I knew it was my life long duty
G (320003@1)                                  Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)She had all the grace and charm of a radiant queen

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                          Gm (355333@1)    How do you talk without speaking? Yeah
Bb (x1333x@1)                         F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)    How do you hear without listening?
C (x32010@1)                          Gm (355333@1)    How do you live without feeling? Yeah
Bb (x1333x@1)                         F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)    How do you take without gi-ving?
            Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)    And we keep it all inside?

Verse 2:
F (133211@1)                                 CThere (x32010@1)are footprints on my ceiling, I can't help this fucked up feeling
G (320003@1)                                 Bb (x1333x@1)           FSomething's (133211@1)wrong, you ain't comin' around here no more

F (133211@1)                                CTry (x32010@1)to get my thoughts together, I think of a time when things were better
G (320003@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)       FThis (133211@1)miscommunication is breakin' me down

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                          Gm (355333@1)    How do you talk without speaking? Yeah
Bb (x1333x@1)                         F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)    How do you hear without listening?
C (x32010@1)                          Gm (355333@1)    How do you live without feeling? Yeah
Bb (x1333x@1)                         F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)    How do you take without gi-ving?
             Bb (x1333x@1)              F (133211@1)    How you treat your new best friend?

Solo:
F, C, G, Bb F   x6

Verse 3:
F (133211@1)                      CEverybody (x32010@1)wants a lover, nobody wants to uncover
G (320003@1)                         Bb (x1333x@1)           FWhat (133211@1)may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past

F (133211@1)                                 CMy (x32010@1)heart is heavy slowly sinking, I redirect my desperate thinking
G (320003@1)                                Bb (x1333x@1)            FAnd (133211@1)kiss her red full lips, like I did the very first time

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                          Gm (355333@1)    How do you talk without speaking? Yeah
Bb (x1333x@1)                         F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)    How do you hear without listening?
C (x32010@1)                          Gm (355333@1)    How do you live without feeling? Yeah
Bb (x1333x@1)                         F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)    How do you take without gi-ving?
C (x32010@1)                             Gm (355333@1)    There are footprints on my ceiling, yeah
Bb (x1333x@1)                       F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)         Gm (355333@1)    And I kept it bottled up inside, all my life



-DP
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