[Intro]
| G | G | C | C | G | D | C | C |
[Verse]
|G |G |D |D |
.. Tell me now, if you came sneakin' up behind ....
|Em |Em |C |C |
.. Would you know me and see behind the smile? ...
|G |G |D |D |
.. I can change like colors on a wall ...
|Em |Em |C |
Hopin' no one else will find what lies beneath it all
|C |C |C |
... I think I hide it, oh, so well
[Chorus]
|G |G |C |
Steppin' out, . everyone can see my face ...
|C |G |D |C |C |
. All the things I can't erase in my life, everybody knows ... ....
|G |G |C |
Standin' out, . so you won't forget my name ...
|C |G |D |C |C |
. That's the way we play this game of life, everybody knows ... ....
[Verse]
|G |G |D |D
Lookin' through the crowd ... I search for someone else ...
|Em |Em |C |C |
But every time I turn around, I run into myself ...
|G |G |D |D
.. Here I stand ... consumed by my surroundings
|Em |Em |C |C
Just another day .. .... of everybody lookin'
|C |C |Am |D |
Swore they'd never see me cry . never see me cry ...
[Chorus]
|G |G |C |
Steppin' out, . everyone can see my face ...
|C |G |D |C |C |
. All the things I can't erase in my life, everybody knows ... ....
|G |G |C |
Standin' out, . so you won't forget my name ...
|C |G |D |C |C |
. That's the way we play this game of life, everybody knows ... ....
[Bridge]
|F |C |G |D D/B |
. You say I'll pay the price .. ... that's a chance that I'll take .
|F |C |Am |Am |
... Though you may think I---'m tellin' lies ....
|D |D |
I just call it gettin' by
[Chorus]
|G |G |C |
Steppin' out, . everyone can see my face ...
|C |G |D |C |C |
. All the things I can't erase in my life, everybody knows ... ....
|G |G |C |
Standin' out, . so you won't forget my name ...
|C |G |D |C |
. That's the way we play this game of life, everybody knows ...
[Outro]
|C |G |G |Am |
.. Everybody knows ... .. Everybody knows ...
(Everybody knows) (I'm just barely
|C |G |G |Am |C |
.. Everybody knows ... .. Everybody knows ...
getting by) (Everybody knows) (I'm just barely getting by)
|G |G |Am |C |
Everybody knows ... I'm just barely getting by
|G |G |Am |C |
Everybody knows ... I'm just barely getting by
|G |G |Am |C |G |
Everybody knows ... Everybody knows
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