Intro:  A     D     A   E     D 
 
A                              E 
Tell me now if you came sneaking up behind  
F#m                              D 
Would you know me and see behind the smile 
A                     E 
I can change like colors on a wall  
F#m                                         D 
Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all  
D 
I think I hide it all so well  
 
Chorus: 
A                               D 
Stepping out, everyone can see my face  
D                     A         E 
All the things I can't erase from my life  
E         D 
Everybody knows  
A                             D 
Standing out so you won't forget my name  
D                           A         E         
That's the way we play this game of life  
E          D 
Everybody knows  
 

A                                E 
Looking through the crowd I search for something else  
F#m                                D         
But every time I turn around I run into myself  
A                 E 
Here I stand consumed with my surroundings  
F#m                        D 
Just another day of everybody looking  
D                 
I swore they'd never see me cry  
D 
You'll never see me cry  
 
Chorus 
 

Em7                       F#m        A 
You say I'll pay the price  
A                   E 
That's the chance that I'll take 
Em7                          F#m                       
Though you may think I'm telling lies  
D 
But I just call it getting by  
 
Chorus 
 

A                         
Everybody knows  
D 
Im just barely getting by 
A 
Everybody knows 
D 
Im just barely getting by  
 
(repeat till the end)