Dm                        Em
We are partners, we are a team
  Dm                              C
Together we'll have everything we dream
                  Dm
If we combine our efforts
                         G
there's nothing we can't do
Dm                           G
You'll support me, but first I'll support you

Dm                         Em
For now we'll go after the things that you need
  Dm                  G
A single objective to help you succeed
Dm
Because I'm as important to you
Am
as you are to me
    Dm               G
I'll get what I need eventually


[Chorus]

    Dm  C  Am
But you go first
    F
And I'll take the rest
            Dm  C    Am          G
And it will all work out for the best


[Verse 2]

Dm                             Em
I have patience because I understand you
        Dm                    C
And can wait to do all of the things that I planned to
    Dm                                G
But what is that elusive thing you'll earn
               Dm              G
That makes you finally realize it's my turn

Dm                             Em
Am I fooling myself that we're really united
    Dm                    G
The love is there but the respect unrequited
Dm
I am your anchor
Am
do I just hold you in place
Dm                          G
The eye of your storm, am I just empty space


[Chorus]

    Dm  C  Am
But you go first
    F
And I'll take the rest
            Dm  C    Am          G
And it will all work out for the best


[Bridge]


Dm                    Em
You know an object at rest stays at rest
G                          Am
You can't have inertia with things unexpressed
       Dm
By the time I knew politeness
        F
Was the opposite of brilliance
    G
I'd spent my resources
    E7
And lost my resilience
D                            F
Without me you pick up where you left off
D                            G
Without you I'm back where I started


[Chorus]

    Dm  C  Am
But you go first
    F
And I'll take the rest
            Dm  C    Am          G
And it will all work out for the best


[Verse 3]

Dm                         F
I know you didn't consciously deceive
    Dm                   F
And neither did I when I chose to believe
G
But now I am stuck in a place I can't leave
F
While I watch you achieve and
G
achieve and achieve

Dm                                      Em
I guess maybe I knew how much you would cost
                 Dm                   C
That when I said yes that I'd already lost
               Dm
But now I'm so tired and
                G
not sure how to pursue it
Dm                              G
And I don't have a partner like me
           C
to help me do it