Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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Verse 1

Happiness is just a word to me,

 And it might have meant a thing or two

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if I'd known the difference.

Emptiness, a lonely parody,

 And my life, another smokin’ gun

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A sign of my indifference.

Always keepin’ safe inside

 Where no one ever had a chance

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To penetrate or break in.

Let me tell you some have tried,

 but I slam the door so tight

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That they could never get in.

Verse 2

repeat chords

Chorus 1

same as intro):

The longer I'd stall

The further I'd crawl

The further I'd crawl

The harder I'd fall

I was crawlin' into the fire

The more that I saw

The further I'd fall

The further I'd fall

The lower I'd crawl

I kept fallin' into the fire

Guitar solo

repeat chorus chords

Verse 3

key change):

Suddenly it occurred to me

 The reason for the run and hide

 Had totaled my existence

Everything left on the other side

 Could never be much worse that this

 But could I go the distance

I faced the door and all my shame

 Tearin' off each piece of chain

 Until they were broken

But no matter how I tried

 The other side was locked so tight

 The door it wouldn't open

Chorus 2

Gave it all that I got

And started to knock

 Shouted for someone

To open the lock

 I just gotta get through the door

And the more that I knocked

The hotter I got

 The hotter I got

The harder I'd knock

 I just gotta break through the door

 Gotta knock a little harder

 Gotta knock a little harder

 Gotta knock a little harder

 Break through the door

(repeat until end)