( G ) She walks around the block with a silver plated cutter on her shoulder ( C9 ) to
chase the wolves off when they come. She'd rather fight ( C ) than run, so just be aware. ( G )
Everybody thinks she's crazy. I think maybe she just needs a ( C9 ) patient ear to 
listen to her stories, let her know somebody cares ( C ) and there's a person there. ( G )

( Em7 ) I gave her a pair of shoes for ( C ) Christmas. ( Em7 ) She looked up and smiled and
said ( D ) somebody must've listened.

( G ) I got shoes on. My ( C ) feet are off the ( D ) ground. Thank you ( G ) Jesus, this old
( C ) world won't get me ( D ) down. As ( Em7 ) long as I got ( D ) prayers to pay and ( C9 )
bills to pay and ( G ) I'm still breathin' ( C ) air and there's a person there.

( G ) Last one she told me she was all down on her luck when the ( C9 ) landlord wanted
her to kill her ex for a little money and a ( C ) truck. Mmm , but I ain't scared. ( G )
Layin' in my bed I hear the water run, the ceiling creak, ( C9 ) I don't think she ever 
sleeps. But I love to hear those ( C ) feet upstairs 'cause there's a person there. ( G )

( Em7 ) Who knows? Maybe I'm a litte ( C ) crazy too. But ( Em7 ) crazy people always seem to
( D ) pull each other through.

( G ) I got shoes on. My ( C ) feet are off the ( D ) ground. Thank you ( G ) Jesus, this old
( C ) world won't get me ( D ) down. As ( Em7 ) long as I got ( D ) prayers to pay and ( C9 )
bills to pay and ( G ) I'm still breathin' ( C ) air and I know there's a person there.

( G ) I got shoes on. My ( C ) feet are off the ( D ) ground. Thank you ( G ) Jesus, this old
( C ) world won't get me ( D ) down. As ( Em7 ) long as I got ( D ) prayers to pay and ( C9 )
bills to pay and ( G ) I'm still breathin' ( C ) air and there's a person there.

( G ) Her name's Sophia but she makes me call her mama and I don't ( C9 ) mind 'cause my
family's far away. It's nice sometimes, when ( C ) life ain't fair, to know there's a
person there. ( G )