The Starting Line

Intro 2x: C  Em  G  C  

C                                Em                        G                          C
This town was a lovers stage  but now you can't recognize
C                                           Em                      G
The streetlights that are daggers to your eyes
Dm                                    Am                   F                        C
You can't find your bearings  you're slipping into the ground
F                                Am                 G
The scene has no color and no sound

C                      Em               G                              C
You still believe in me after the things I've done
C                           Em                     G
You fear for what we have become
Dm                          Am               F                            C
The ground is uneven  we stumble from day to day
F                                      Am
But shelter where it's easy 
                     Em                                       G
I know your feet are like lead  but you've gotta get on the way.

F                      C                     Em     Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line 
F                     C                                G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F               C               Em     Am
It's too easy to get left behind.
Dm
I know you've been kicked around 
       F                                                                              C   Em   G   C  
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me

C                           Em            G                                 C
Each heart is a paper kite blown around by the breeze 
C                                Em                          G
Love won't rest till it brings you to your knees
Dm                        Am     F                                C
Some find it easy  some will never even know 
F                                                Am
You think you've done your journey
                    Em                                      G
Then you stumble and find that there's such a long way to go.

F                      C                     Em     Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line 
F                     C                                G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F               C               Em     Am
It's too easy to get left behind.
Dm
I know you've been kicked around 
          F
You wanna be lost and not be found 
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But let's take the back way into town
         F                                                                       C   Em   G   C 
And drink to the bad times  lay them down on me.

C                  Em                           G                        C
Girl  I still believe in you  you're too good to fall so low
C                                Em                G
We're gonna find a better life  I know
Dm                           Am             F                              C
Things will be clearer  as soon as we make a start 
F                                    Am
We'll be that much nearer
                 Em                             G
We're too old to just stand here waiting to break apart

F                      C                     Em     Am
Drag your heart up to the starting line 
F                     C                                G
Forget the ghosts that make you old before your time
F               C               Em     Am
It's too easy to get left behind.
Dm
I know you've been kicked around 
       F                                                                C        Em          G       C        C       Em    G    C
But tie up your thoughts and lay them down on me       on me       on me