G                        G  
O the walls are closin' in 
                    C
I can feel it in my bones
                           D
Like water risin' up to my chin
                         G
Another long night to be alone
                      G
I could go out on the town
                        C
Talk too much and laugh too loud
                         D
If I'm already on my way down
                              G
I might as well just work the crowd


Chorus:
        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D
Can you hear me now
        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D       G
Can you hear me now


Verse:
                      G
O the stories I could tell
                          C
Sometimes I really hit my stride
                                   D 
We make our own Heaven and our own Hell
                              G
Tryin' to get across to the other side 
                         G
But everyday ends up the same
                       C 
One step up, two steps back 
                           D
Like some old silent movie frame 
                         G
Zoom in close, then fade to black


Chorus:
        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D
Can you hear me now
        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D       G
Can you hear me now


Bridge:

C                             Em
How did the load get to be so heavy 
  G                              C
I used to wear my troubie like a crown 
Em                            C
A bad flood's poundin' on the levee
        G
And l'm gonna need some help 
           D
To hold my ground


[Instrumental]

Verse:
                       G
But I'm sinkin' like a stone
                                    C
To where in solitude this life I'll spend
                               D
In the coldest place I've ever known
                            G        
I'm here just waitin' until the end 
                G
I send up my S.O.S.
                            C
A message in a bottle set out to sea
                          D
It just reads "Soul in distress" 
                            G
But nobody ever got back to me


Chorus:
        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D
Can you hear me now
        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D       G
Can you hear me now

        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D
Can you hear me now
        C       G
Can you hear me now
        D       G
Can you hear me now