Seatbelts Gotta Knock a little Harder
Intro:
[E], [F#], [D], [A/E], [E], [Esus4], [E] x 4
Verse 1 :
[E]
Happiness is just a word to me,
[G] [D]
And it might have meant a thing or two
[A/E]
if I'd known the difference.
[E]
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
[G] [D]
And my life, another smokin’ gun
[A/E]
A sign of my indifference.
[C]
Always keepin’ safe inside
[D]
Where no one ever had a chance
[A/E]
To penetrate or break in.
[C]
Let me tell you some have tried,
[D]
but I slam the door so tight
[A/E]
That they could never get in.
Verse 2 :
[E]
Kept my cool under lock and key
[G] [D]
And I never shed a tear
[A/E]
Another sign of my condition.
[E]
Fear of love or bitter vanity
[G] [D]
That kept on the run
[A/E]
The main of events at my confession.
[C]
I kept a chain upon my door
[D]
That would shake the shame of Cain
[A/E]
into a blind submission.
[C]
The burning ghost without a name
[D]
Was still calling all the same
[A/E]
But I just wouldn’t listen.
Chorus 1 (same as intro):
[E]
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
[F#]
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
[D] [A/E] [E]
I was crawlin' into the fire
[E]
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
[F#]
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
[D] [A/E] [E]
I kept fallin' into the fire
Verse 3 :
[E]
Suddenly it occurred to me
[G] [D]
The reason for the run and hide
[A/E]
Had totaled my existence
[E]
Everything left on the other side
[G] [D]
Could never be much worse that this
[A/E]
But could I go the distance
[C]
I faced the door and all my shame
[D]
Tearin' off each piece of chain
[A/E]
Until they were broken
[C]
But no matter how I tried
[D]
The other side was locked so tight
[A/E]
The door it wouldn't open
Chorus 2 :
[E]
Gave it all that I got
And started to knock
[F#]
Shouted for someone
To open the lock
[D] [A/E] [E]
I just gotta get through the door
[E]
And the more that I knocked
The hotter I got
[F#]
The hotter I got
The harder I'd knock
[D] [A/E] [E]
I just gotta break through the door
[E]
Gotta knock a little harder
[F#]
Gotta knock a little harder
[D]
Gotta knock a little harder
[A] [E]
Break through the door
(repeat until end)
