Intro:   E  B  E  G#m A  C#m    B ? 2x

      E  B  C#m  A

                E               B          C#m  A
Have you ever been close to tragedy
                E               B          C#m  A
Or been close to folks who have
                E               B          C#m  A 
Have you ever felt a pain so powerful
     E         B       C#m  A
So heavy you collapse
F#m   A       F#m  A
No?     Well?

          REFR?O:
       E                                   B
I've never had to knock on wood
                                         G#m
But I know someone who has
                                              A
Which makes me wonder if I could
               
It makes me wonder if
E                                         B
I've never had to knock on wood
                                   G#m
And I'm glad I haven't yet
                                         A
Because I'm sure it isn't good
                                             E
That's the impression that I get


E  B  C#m  A  - 4X

                E                 B                    C#m    A
Have you ever had the odds stacked up so high
                E               B                  C#m  A
You need a strength most don't possess
                E               B          C#m  A
Or has it ever come down to do or die
                     E        B            C#m    A
You've got to rise above the rest


F#m   A       F#m  A
No?     Well?

REFR?O
F#m  A ? 3X

E            B                  E               G#m      
I'm not a coward, I've just never been tested
A         C#m                                    B
I'd like to think that if I was I would pass
E                B
Look at the tested
       E            G#m                          A
and think there but for the grace go I
                C#m          
Might be a coward,
                                B
I'm afraid of what I might find out

REFR?O


E  B  C#m  A  - 8X

E
Never had to but I'd better knock on wood

'cause I know someone who has,

which makes me wonder if I could

It makes me wonder if I

never had to,

but I'd better knock on wood

?Cause I'm sure it isn't good

and I'm glad I haven't yet