Intro: C#-F#-A-B 


Verse: 
         C# 
Ring the verse, let it in, said softly begin 
      B     
If it feels like the first time, don't let it end  
         F#                   A                    B   
Cause it wanders by like something that could have been  
   C#                                  B 
If I were to write the song that could penetrate your ears 
         F# 
Would it calm your trembling soul 
         A               B 
Would it ease your every fear 


Pre-Chorus to Chorus: 
          Ebm                                    F# 
Can we go back to the place where we all used to see through  
                        Ebm                               A 
Everything blinding us, now you don't understand anything anymore  
     B       C#-F#-A-B    C#-F#-A-B 
And you shiver at the sight... 
       C#         F#              A       B       C#-F#-A-B 
You're afraid to show that you're only so human tonight 


Verse: 
          C# 
Could one song solve all our problems 
         B 
Could it have the strength to heal 
            F#  
Or would it cripple and destroy 
          A           B 
And leave nothing unrevealed 
C#      
Might it uproot every lie 
    B 
And force us all to cower 
F# 
Beneath its tremendous weight 
       A               B  
In the wake of all its power 


Pre-Chorus to Chorus: 
          Ebm                                    F# 
Can we go back to the place where we all used to see through  
                        Ebm                               A 
Everything blinding us, now you don't understand anything anymore  
         B            C#-F#-A-B    C#-F#-A-B 
And you shiver at the sight... 
       C#         F#              A       B       C#-F#-A-B 
You're afraid to show that you're only so human tonight 

C#-F#-A-B (4x) 

Solo: C# B F# A-B (2x) 

C# 
Oh, did you know, did you know 
Did you know better 
B 
Don't you know, don't you know 
Don't you know better 
F# 
Don't you know, don't you know 
Don't you know better 
A 
Don't you know that 

     B            C#-F#-A-B    C#-F#-A-B 
you shiver at the sight... 
       C#         F#              A       B       C#-F#-A-B 
You're afraid to show that you're only so human tonight 

   C#         F#        A   B 
If I were to write the song 
           C#       F#         A   B 
That could somehow change the world 
         C#        F# 
Would it be a calm surrender 
     A             B 
Or a fight to the death? 
         C#                F# 
Would it give something to live for 
         A              B 
Would we give our final breath? 
         C#           F# 
Would it be a roaring opera 
        A                B 
Or as sweet as a child's kiss? 
         C#                 F# 
Would it sound like all the others 
            A          B  
Or would it sound something like this