Intro: Am G/B C G/B Am G/B C

VERSE1
C                         G
Cardboard cutouts on the floor 
                           Am                               F
people wish that you were more like what they wanted you to be
         C                                  G
eventually they won't have much of you at all in their theology
     Am
the walls are closing in on you
     F                      C
you cannot be contained at all

CHORUS: 
                           G
I don't want to make you small 
                         Am
I don't want to fit you in my pocket
    F              G
A cross around my throat
        Am                        C
'Cause you are brighter then the sun
                        F
You're closer then the tiny thoughts I have of you
    G                            Am G/B C G/B Am G/B C
But I could never fathom you at all

VERSE 2:
C                       G
Broken moldings all around
                        Am                                       F
broken people hit the ground when they discover that you're not here for our 
benefit
C                     G
you love in sptie of us
F                                                            C         Am G/B
you choose the least of us to prove the strong aren't really strong at all
C G/B Am G/B C

VERSE:
                            G
I don't want to make you small 
                         Am
I don't want to fit you in my pocket
    F              G
A cross around my throat
        Am                        C
'Cause you are brighter then the sun
                        F
You're closer then the tiny thoughts I have of you
    G                           Am G/B C G/B Am G/B C
But I could never fathom you at all

                            G
I don't want to make you small 
                         Am
I don't want to fit you in my pocket
    F              G
A cross around my throat
        Am                        C
'Cause you are brighter then the sun
                        F
You're closer then the tiny thoughts I have of you
    G                           Am G/B C G/B Am G/B C
But I could never fathom you at all