Intro: x2 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 D5 G5 G5 C5 I've got my reasons for holding back, F5 G5 Can't give my trust too fast G5 C5 I've pulled myself out of the wreck too many times F5 G5 To think that words can last D5 A5 You need someone to help you when you're down C5 D5 G5 Pick you like a pearl from the sand D5 A5 Somebody who's devoted to you C5 D5 G5 D5 E5 Right beside you when you take a stand C5 D5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 D5 G5 I could never be that man. G5 C5 You have a special shrine in your room F5 G5 Pictures of lovers on the wall G5 C5 I loved to lie there and look into their eyes, F5 G5 So confident before you let them fall ***Chorus 2*** G5 C5 Will you tell me please how to get them off their knees, F5 G5 Twirling 'round you fast as they can, G5 C5 How did you know that it worried me so, F5 G5 Not the ones who fall, but the ones who stand I could never be that man. ***SOLO G5 C5 I still remember that time in my life F5 G5 When I was sinking so low. G5 C5 You stayed with me all through the night F5 G5 And sang me some songs you know. ***Chorus 3*** D5 A5 Now as time goes on, I wonder what went wrong, C5 D5 G5 Didn't I fit into your little plan D5 A5 Couldn't I be the one you lay your troubles on, C5 D5 G5 D5 E5 Walk you to the edge and hold you hand, C5 D5 G5 D5 E5 Pick you like a pearl from the sand, C5 D5 G5 D5 E5 Open every doorway that I can, C5 D5 G5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 G5 C5 D5 G5 C5 D5 G5 I could never be that man.
