Tabbed by: Robert McMillan Tuning: Standard Capo 4th fret. Everything relative to that. Intro ===== B5 Verse ===== B5 G5 E5 A5 I don't really feel I'm on my own B5 G5 E5 A5 Because nobody here ever leaves me alone B5 G5 To blink now would be wrong E5 A5 I might define you in this song B5 G5 E5 A5 B5 And I don't know if you'd really like the things that I've become... Verse ===== B5 G5 E5 A5 I don't think I'll write another act, B5 G5 E5 A5 The first one was too long and now in actual fact, B5 G5 All my moneys in this play E5 A5 But the actors ran away B5 G5 E5 A5 Now I'm working on a rewrite that retells it all for one... Chorus ====== C#5 A5 E5 Ab5 C#5 In the battle between book smarts and fright, A5 E5 Ab5 C#5 There's no telling who's the winner here tonight A5 E5 Ab5 C#5 Tear the tickets up and throw them all away, A5 E5 Ab5 There's nothing new you haven't heard me say F#5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 B5 Verse ===== B5 G5 E5 A5 I'm not giving up but, this won't last, B5 G5 E5 A5 Auditions done but curtain call is coming fast, B5 G5 To run now would be cheap, E5 A5 And I hope you're losing sleep, B5 G5 E5 A5 But you know there's only one of us who'll make the cast for good. Chorus ====== C#5 A5 E5 Ab5 C#5 In the battle between book smart and fright, A5 E5 Ab5 C#5 There's no contest who's the winner here tonight, A5 E5 Ab5 C#5 Tear the tickets up and throw them all away, A5 E5 Ab5 There's nothing new you haven't heard me say F#5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 F#5 Ab5 C#5 Outro ===== F#5 Ab5 C#5 And carved into my door is how you like me now, F#5 Ab5 C#5 And written on my wall is now you like me how? F#5 Ab5 C#5 And carved into my door is how you like me now, F#5 Ab5 C#5 And written on my wall is now you like me how? The little bass riff in the intro and that switches back from the chorus to the verse is: A | -----2----------- | E | -0-2------------- |
