Half Step Down 

Intro: C#  B  E  A      C# B E 

A
The fountain was off. 
B                                               E         
This is the first time I?ve been back to the city in months. 
A                         B                              E                                   
I?m trying to hold it together but irony?s found cracks in the foundation.
 A            B
And you know, 
E
I try so hard to be some great white hope 
A        B           E             C#          B                E    
But I can?t shake the feeling that tonight I?m gonna end up shaking in bed alone. 

Same as intro

I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid.
 
I had to take my own advice and I did. 

Now I?m waiting for it to sink in. 

Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 

'Cause what I learned was 

It?s not about forcing happiness; 

It?s about not letting the sadness win. 


I don?t have roses in the closet 
But I?ve got pictures in a drawer 
It?s everything left in me 
Not to stare at them anymore. 
I walked upstairs and shaved my beard. 
I felt like I was holding sadness here
(I was holding sadness here)

Bridge   C#  B    C# B  Ab/B
Repeat

I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid. 
I had to take my own advice and I did. 
Now I?m waiting for it to sink in. 

Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 
'Cause what I learned was 
It?s not about forcing happiness; 
It?s about not letting the sadness win. 

I don?t have roses in the closet 
But I?ve got pictures in a drawer 
It?s everything left in me 
Not to stare at them anymore. 

I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid. 
I had to take my own advice and I did. 
I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid. 
I had to take my own advice and I did.