G
Happiness is just a word to me,
        Bb                           F
And it might have meant a thing or two
                  C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
if I'd known the difference.
G
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
        Bb                   F
And my life, another smokin’ gun
             C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
A sign of my indifference.

Eb
Always keepin’ safe inside
             F
Where no one ever had a chance
                 C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
To penetrate or break in.
Eb
Let me tell you some have tried,
       F
but I slam the door so tight
                     C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
That they could never get in.

[Verse 2]
G
Kept my cool under lock and key
      Bb
And I never shed a tear
  F                   C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
Another sign of my condidtion
G
Fear of love or bitter vanity
      Bb
That kept me on the run
       F                  C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
The main events at my confession

Eb
I kept a chain upon my door
            F
That would shake the shame of Cain
                 C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
Into a blind submission
Eb
The burning ghost without a name
    F
Was calling all the same
                C/G  Csus4/G  C/G
But I wouldn't listen

[Chorus 1]
G
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
A7
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
F             C/G         G
I was crawlin' into the fire

G
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
A
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
F            C/G          G
I kept fallin' into the fire

[Guitar Solo]
(repeat chorus chords)

[Verse 3] (key change)
A
Suddenly it occurred to me
    C                      G
The reason for the run and hide
               D  Dsus4  D
Had totaled my existence
A
Everything left on the other side
      C                         G
Could never be much worse that this
                   D  Dsus4  D
But could I go the distance

F
  I faced the door and all my shame
        D
Tearin' off each piece of chain
             A  Asus4  A
Until they were broken
F
But no matter how I tried
          D
The other side was locked so tight
                   A  Asus4  A
The door it wouldn't open

[Chorus 2]
A
Gave it all that I got
And started to knock
    B
Shouted for someone
To open the lock
       G    D                 A  Asus4  A
I just gotta get through the door
A
And the more that I knocked
The hotter I got
     B
The hotter I got
The harder I'd knock
       G    D                   A  Asus4  A
I just gotta break through the door

[Outro]
                      A
Gotta knock a little harder
                      B
Gotta knock a little harder
                      G     D
Gotta knock a little harder
                    A  Asus4  A
Break through the door