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Intro = verse 1st half

Verse 1:
Em                   D           C     D
Where am I today?  I wish that I knew,
       Em                     D          A    C  D
'Cause looking around there's no sign of you.
Em                   D           C
I don't remember one jump or one leap,  
     Em           D             A       C  (D)
Just quiet steps away from your lead.

Verse 2:
 Em                           D             C   D
I'm holding my heart out but clutching it too,  
    Em                   D                A     C  D
Feeling this sort of a love that we once knew.  
Em                              D           C
I'm calling this home when it's not even close,
   Em                  D             A        C (D)  
Playing the role with nerves left exposed.

Chorus 1:
D             C        G      D                     C      G
Standing on a darkened stage, stumbling through the lines.
A7            D          Em        G  C    D 
Others have excuses, but I have my reasons why.


Verse 3:
Em                     D            C   D
We get distracted by dreams of our own,  
      Em                  D         A   C  D
But nobody's happy while feeling alone,
     Em                  D              C     
And knowing how hard it hurts when we fall,
     Em                  D                 A    C (D)
We lean another ladder against the wrong wall.  

Chorus 2:
    D                 C       G        D                  C
And climb high to the highest rung, to shake fists at the sky.
                             Em      G  C    D 
While others have excuses, I have my reasons why.

Bridge:
               D            C           Em      D
With so much deception it's hard not to wander away,  
     C           Em      D
It's hard not to wander away,
It's hard not to wander away.
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