Tom: Em
Am
Uh Ah
[Verse 1 06:18]
Am C
She keeps the world at bay
Dsus2
With walls built to stand come-what-may
D# Am
And with that coldness on display they held until today
C
She would hold her own
Dsus2
Running all alone
D# Am
Ridding her road of every grain to stay in control
[Chorus 06:43]
Am C Dsus2
Suddenly she is down on all four
D# Am
And the walls will support her no more
C Dsus2
Cries her eyes out like never before
D#
Onto this linoleum
Am
The bottled up and stored
[Verse 2 07:19]
Am C
She's won every war
Dsus2
And when she's out that door
D# Am
She will push ahead of you, frowning at the poor
C
She would move so fast
Dsus2
Not to end up last
D# Am
Aiming for the finish line to smile at those she'd passed
[Chorus 07:43]
Am C Dsus2
Suddenly she is down on all four
D# Am
And the walls will support her no more
C Dsus2
Cries her eyes out like never before
D#
Onto this linoleum
Am
The bottled up and stored
[Bridge 08:30]
Am G Am G
And sometimes, oh just sometimes
Am G
That's really all it takes
Am G Am
A hand on her shoulder, and then she breaks
Am Em
Sometimes that's really all it takes
B
A word of kindness and she breaks
Bb Am
And then the sum of damage done spills out on stale linoleum
Em
Sometimes that's really all it takes
B
A gentle touch and then she breaks
Bb Am
To see the sum of damage done stain this linoleum
Em
Sometimes that's really all it takes
B
A word or touch and then we break
Bb Am
And all this world's linoleum can't hold the sum of damage done
[Chorus 09:29]
Am C Dsus2
She's becoming her last casualty
D# Am
If she breaks then at last she'll be free
C Dsus2
But she keeps it together once more
D# Am
And runs another day to fight another war
[Outro 09:52]
Am C Dsus2
Itsy bitsy spider, climbed the water spout
D# Am
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
C Dsus2
Now she stays on the ground, so she'll never fall
D# Am
See, she would rather drown than lose control
Am
She really would
