Intro 4x: G5  A5  F5  C5  G5  G5  G5

G5
Happiness is just a word to me,
        A#5                      F5
And it might have meant a thing or two
                 C5 C5 C5
if I'd known the difference.

G5
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
       A#5                 F5
And my life, another smokin? gun
                C5 C5 C5
A sign of my indifference.

Eb5
Always keepin? safe inside
             F5
Where no one ever had a chance
                 G5 G5 G5
To penetrate or break in.

Eb5
Let me tell you some have tried,
       F5
but I slam the door so tight
                       G5 G5 G5
That they could never get in.

G5
Kept my cool under lock and key
      A#5
And I never shed a tear
  F5                   C5 C5 C5
Another sign of my condition.

G5
Fear of love or bitter vanity
     A#5
That kept on the run
    F5                        C5 C5 C5
The main of events at my confession.

Eb5
I kept a chain upon my door
            F5
That would shake the shame of Cain
                 G5 G5 G5
into a blind submission.

Eb5
The burning ghost without a name
            F5
Was still calling all the same
                   G5
But I just wouldn?t listen.

G5
The longer I'd stall

The further I'd crawl
A5
The further I'd crawl

The harder I'd fall
F5            C5           G5 G5 G5
I was crawlin' into the fire

G5
The more that I saw

The further I'd fall
A5
The further I'd fall

The lower I'd crawl
F5           C5          G5 G5 G5
I kept fallin' into the fire

Solo: G5  A5  F5  C5  G5  G5  G5 (2x)
      G5  G#5

A5
Suddenly it occurred to me
    C5                    G5
The reason for the run and hide
               D5 D5 D5
Had totaled my existence

A5
Everything left on the other side
      C5                     G5
Could never be much worse that this
                   D5 D5 D5
But could I go the distance

F5
  I faced the door and all my shame
        G5
Tearin' off each piece of chain
             A5 A5 A5
Until they were broken

F5
But no matter how I tried
          G5
The other side was locked so tight
                   A5 A5 A5
The door it wouldn't open

A5
Gave it all that I got

And started to knock
    B5
Shouted for someone

To open the lock
       G5    D5                 A5 A5 A5
I just gotta get through the door

A5
And the more that I knocked

The hotter I got
     B5
The hotter I got

The harder I'd knock
       G5    D5                   A5 A5 A5
I just gotta break through the door

                      A5
Gotta knock a little harder
                      B5
Gotta knock a little harder
                      G5     D5
Gotta knock a little harder
                    A5 A5 A5
Break through the door