Intro: A5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 E5 Tell me now if you came sneaking up behind F#5 D5 Would you know me and see behind the smile A5 E5 I can change like colors on a wall F#5 D5 Hoping no one else will find what lies beneath it all D5 I think I hide it all so well Chorus: A5 D5 Stepping out, everyone can see my face D5 A5 E5 All the things I can't erase from my life E5 D5 Everybody knows A5 D5 Standing out so you won't forget my name D5 A5 E5 That's the way we play this game of life E5 D5 Everybody knows A5 E5 Looking through the crowd I search for something else F#5 D5 But every time I turn around I run into myself A5 E5 Here I stand consumed with my surroundings F#5 D5 Just another day of everybody looking D5 I swore they'd never see me cry D5 You'll never see me cry Chorus E5 F#5 A5 You say I'll pay the price A5 E5 That's the chance that I'll take E5 F#5 Though you may think I'm telling lies D5 But I just call it getting by Chorus A5 Everybody knows D5 Im just barely getting by A5 Everybody knows D5 Im just barely getting by (repeat till the end)