Standard (EADGBE)

x = Mute string

Intro

Verse 1

 I'm staying stubborn in retreat

 I was standing on your corner pondering defeat

 An old lady fixed my collar, said her steps were getting steep

 I said "I live by the top but not permanently"

I know you follow, I can hear you

 And the patter of your feet

 I'm looking like I'm still half asleep

 And it feels like you're standing on me

Chorus

Why do you ask me? I don't know my way

Why do you keep me hear? I have no more cards to play

Verse 2

 I've got eyelids like concrete and they're too numb to blink

 You drain the life out of me, I've forgotten how to think

 I was sitting on a fortune now I'm staring down a sink

 I've got one too many itches and you're just another sting

You can I hope that I might

 But I never feel a thing

You can I hope that I might

 But I never feel a thing

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT INTRO FOR BREAK

Verse 3

 A strange thing happened in my mind

 All your words turned to scribble by the time I recognize

 I never looked right in the reflection in your eyes

 I'd wait to hear your voice but I never could reply

REPEAT CHORUS

Then repeat verse chords till end