Standard Tuning
first tab. figured it out by ear. go easy on me

Dm
Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
Bb5
Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
F                            C
My world goes black before I feel an angel lift me up
      Dm                  Bb5
And I open bloodshot eyes into fluorescent white
     F                               C
They flip the siren, hit the lights, close the doors and I am gone

Dm                                Bb5
Now I lay here owing my life to a stranger
                   F
And I realize that empty words are not enough
    C
I'm left here with the question of just
Dm                             Bb5
What have I to show except the promises I never kept?
  F                               C
I lie here shaking on this bed, under the weight of my regrets

[Chorus:]
Bb5                                      Dm  F
I hope that I will never let you down
Bb5                                    Dm       F          Bb5 
I know that this can be more than just flashing lights and sound

Dm                                          Bb5
Look around and you'll see that at times it feels like no one really cares
   F                                C                       Dm
It gets me down but I'm still gonna try to do what's right, I know that there's
                     Bb5                  F
A difference between sleight of hand, and giving everything you have
C                                 Bb5
There's a line drawn in the sand, I'm working up the will to cross it and

[Chorus]

Dm
Rhetoric can't raise the dead
                   Bb5
I'm sick of always talking when there's no change
Dm
Rhetoric can't raise the dead
            C                       Bb5     C     
I'm sick of empty words, let's lead and not follow

Dm                                     
Late night, brakes lock, hear the tires squeal
Bb5
Red light, can't stop so I spin the wheel
F                            C
My world goes black before I feel an angel steal me from the
Dm                                   Bb5
Greedy jaws of death and chance, and pull me in with steady hands
        F                             C
They've given me a second chance, the artist in the ambulance

[Chorus]

       Dm       C       Bb5               Dm       C          Bb5
Can we pick you off the ground, more than flashing lights and sound