Intro:   E5  B5  E5  G#5 A5  C#5    B5 ? 2x

      E5  B5  C#5  A5

                E5               B5          C#5  A5
Have you ever been close to tragedy
                E5               B5          C#5  A5
Or been close to folks who have
                E5               B5          C#5  A5 
Have you ever felt a pain so powerful
     E5         B5       C#5  A5
So heavy you collapse
F#5   A5       F#5  A5
No?     Well?

          REFR?O:
       E5                                   B5
I've never had to knock on wood
                                         G#5
But I know someone who has
                                              A5
Which makes me wonder if I could
               
It makes me wonder if
E5                                         B5
I've never had to knock on wood
                                   G#5
And I'm glad I haven't yet
                                         A5
Because I'm sure it isn't good
                                             E5
That's the impression that I get


E5  B5  C#5  A5  - 4X

                E5                 B5                    C#5    A5
Have you ever had the odds stacked up so high
                E5               B5                  C#5  A5
You need a strength most don't possess
                E5               B5          C#5  A5
Or has it ever come down to do or die
                     E5        B5            C#5    A5
You've got to rise above the rest


F#5   A5       F#5  A5
No?     Well?

REFR?O
F#5  A5 ? 3X

E5            B5                  E5               G#5      
I'm not a coward, I've just never been tested
A5         C#5                                    B5
I'd like to think that if I was I would pass
E5                B5
Look at the tested
       E5            G#5                          A5
and think there but for the grace go I
                C#5          
Might be a coward,
                                B5
I'm afraid of what I might find out

REFR?O


E5  B5  C#5  A5  - 8X

E5
Never had to but I'd better knock on wood

'cause I know someone who has,

which makes me wonder if I could

It makes me wonder if I

never had to,

but I'd better knock on wood

?Cause I'm sure it isn't good

and I'm glad I haven't yet