Standing
Words & Music By: Joss Whedon

VERSE:
F (133211@1)        F#dim (2312xx@1)       G (320003@1)      D/A (x00232@1)C/A
You're not ready for the world outside.
F (133211@1)         F#dim (2312xx@1)          G (320003@1)        D/A (x00232@1)C/A
You keep pretending, but you just can't hide.
F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)             BbI (x1333x@1)know I said that I'd be standing by your side,
    Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)DBut (xx0232@1)I...
F (133211@1)            F#dim (2312xx@1)         G (320003@1)   D/A (x00232@1)C/A
Your path is unbeaten and it's all uphill.
F (133211@1)         F#dim (2312xx@1)          G (320003@1)   D/A (x00232@1)C/A
And you can meet it, but you never will.
F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)     BbAnd (x1333x@1)I'm the reason that you're standing still,
    Am (x02210@1)GBut (320003@1)I...

CHORUS:
               F (133211@1)     GI (320003@1)wish I could say the right words,
   Em (022000@1)             FTo (133211@1)lead you to this land.
             Am (x02210@1)     G/BWish (143121@7)I could play the father,
    C (x32010@1)             FAnd (133211@1)take you by the hand.
             Eb/C Bb (x1333x@1) Am (x02210@1)  Abm (133111@4)EbWish (x43121@3)I could stay, but now I understand,
    Cm (x3101x@1)            FI'm (133211@1)standing in the way...

VERSE:
F (133211@1)       F#dim (2312xx@1)               G (320003@1)     D/A (x00232@1)C/A
The cries around you, you don't hear at all,
F (133211@1)             F#dim (2312xx@1)     G (320003@1)       D/A (x00232@1)C/A
'Cause you know I'm here to take that call.
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)               BbAnd (x1333x@1)you just lie there when you should be standing tall,
    Am (x02210@1)BbBut (x1333x@1)I...

CHORUS:
               F (133211@1)      GI (320003@1)wish I could lay your arms down,
    Em (022000@1)            FAnd (133211@1)let you rest at last.
             Am (x02210@1)      G/BWish (143121@7)I could slay your demons,
    C (x32010@1)               FBut (133211@1)now that time has passed.
            Eb/C Bb (x1333x@1)   Am (x02210@1)     Abm (133111@4)    EbWish (x43121@3)I could stay, your stalwart standing fast,
        Cm (x3101x@1)            FBut (133211@1)I'm standing in the way...
         Cm (x3101x@1)            FI'm (133211@1)just standing in the way...