Kate Miller Heidke

Caught in a crowd

Capo on 5th fret

3 chords - C  Am  F



            C                    Am
There was a guy at my school when I was in high school
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We'd ride side by side in the morning on our bicycles 
C                    Am
Never even spoken or faced each other 
           F              C
But on the last hill we'd race each other 


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When we reached the racks we'd each go our own way 
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I wasn't in his classes, I didn't know his name 
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When we finally got to speak he just stared at his feet 
    F                      C
And mumbled a sentence that ended with 'James' 


C               Am
I was young and caught in the crowd 
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I didn't know then what I know now 
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I was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry 
C                  Am
If I could go back do it again 
F              C
I'd be someone you could call friend 
C          Am                  F    C
Please please believe that I'm sorry 


            C                      Am
Well he was quite a big guy, kinda shy and quiet 
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When the kids called him weird he didn't try to deny it 
      C                    Am
Every lunchtime he'd spend walking by himself 
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Round the boundary of the grounds til he heard the bell 


     C                    Am
Well one day I found him, joined him on his walk 
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We were silent for a while until we started to talk 
   C                      Am
I told him my family were fighting in court 
   F                    C
He said his step-dad and him always fought 


   C                   Am
We talked about music, he was into punk 
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Told me all the bands that I liked were junk 
  C                        Am
I said I'd never heard the songs the sex pistols sang 
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I laughed back at him and then the bell rang 


C               Am
I was young and caught in the crowd 
F                       C
I didn't know then what I know now 
C               Am                  F    C
I was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry 
C                  Am
If I could go back do it again 
F              C
I'd be someone you could call friend 
C          Am                  F    C
Please please believe that I'm sorry


       C                   Am
It was after school in the afternoon 
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The corridors were crowded as we came out of the rooms 
     C                       Am
Three guys I knew pushed him into the cement 
  F                      C
Threw away his bag and said he had no friends 

    C                        Am
He yelled that he did and he looked around 
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Tried getting up but they pushed him on down 
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That's when he saw me, called out my name 

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And I turned my back, and just walked away
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Yeah I turned my back, and just walked away 



C               Am
I was young and caught in the crowd 
F                       C
I didn't know then what I know now 
C               Am                  F    C
I was dumb, and I was proud and I'm sorry 
C                  Am
If I could go back do it again 
F              C
I'd be someone you could call friend 
C          Am                  F    C
Please please believe that I'm sorry 
C          Am                   F    C
Please, please believe that I’m sorry