Intro
[G] [A7] [F] [C/G] [G] [Gsus4] [G] x4
Verse 1
[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
