_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ Some
C people stay
G far away from the door
N if there's a chance of it opening up.
_ .
_ _ They hear a voice in the
D hall outside
E and hope
F that it just passes by.
_ _
B Some people live with
C the fear of a touch and the
Dm anger of having been a fool.
_ _ _
C They will not
D listen to _ .
Eb anyone so
C nobody
G tells them
C a lie.
You're _
Gm _ _ only
C.
protecting
Em yourself.
_
Bb I know you're
F thinking of somebody else.
G Someone who hurt you but I'm not
C above making
F up for the love.
Ab You've been
Dm denying you could ever feel.
_ _ _
F.
I'm not above
G doing anything to restore your faith
C if I can.
_ _ .
Some people see through the eyes
G of the old before
F they ever get a look
Dm at the young.
_ _ _ .
F I'm only willing to
G hear you
A cry
Em because I am an
C innocent _
F _ _
C _ .
F _
G man.
_
C _
F _
C _ _ .
Dm _ _
Am _
Bb F I am _ _ _ .
C _
F an
Bb innocent
F _ man.
G _ .
Dm Oh yes I
C am.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
N Some people say they will never believe another promise they hear in the dark.
_ _ _ Because they
A only
F.
Em remember too well they heard somebody tell them before.
Dm _ _
Db Some people sleep all
G alone every night
Dm instead of taking a lover to bed.
Am _ _ _ Some people find that it's easier
D to
G hate than to wait
C anymore.
_
Gm You're _ _
C gonna hear what I say.
Bb I know
F you're gonna keep turning away.
G But I've been there and if I can
C survive I can
Gm keep you alive.
I'm not
F above
G going through it again.
Dm _ _ _
F.
I'm not above
G being cruel for a while.
If you're cruel to me I'll
C understand.
_ _ _ .
Some people run from a possible fight.
Some
Dm people figure they can never win.
_ _ _
F _ .
And although this
G is a fight I can lose the accused is an
C innocent man.
F _
C _
F _ .
_ _
G _
C _
F _
C _ _
Dm _ .
_
C _
Bb I
F am _ _
C _ .
F an
Bb innocent
F man.
_ _
G _ .
B _ _
C _
F _ _
C _
F _ .
G An innocent
C F man.
C _ _
F _ _ .
C _
Gm You know you only
C hurt yourself out of spite.
Bb I guess you'd
F rather be a martyr tonight.
G _ _ _ _ _
Gm That's your decision but I'm not
C below
G anybody I know.
If there's
Dm a chance of resurrecting a love.
_ _ .
_
F I'm not above
G going back to the start to find out where the
C heartache began.
_ _ .
Some people hope for a miracle cure.
Some
Dm people just accept the world as it is.
_ .
F _ I'm not willing
G to lay down and die because I am an
C innocent
F _ _
C _ .
F _ _
G C man.
_
F _
C _ _ .
Dm _ _
C Bb I
F _ _ _
C _ .
_
F _ _
Bb _
F _ am
G.
an
B innocent
C _
F man.
C _
F _ .
G An
C innocent
F man.
C _ _
Dm Oh.
Em _
G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
Cm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .