Falter

 [Intro]

D G/B D G/B



[Verse]

D                      G/B        D G/B D

I went to high school with that kid

                  G/B D

He was even strange back then

G/B

The type whose eyes don't leave the floor

                     D

Blend in with the cement



[Verse]

D              G/B      D  G/B D

I felt so bad for that kid

                      G/B      D

One day I saw his face turn green

G

And as he tumbled to the floor

                                     D           G/B

The thought of reaching out never occurred to me



[Chorus]

Bm           D    Bm

Why don't we open up

             D       Bm

Knowing that we all falter?

              Em  D/F# G

When will we learn

                      D      G/B D G/B

To reach out for each other?



[Verse]

D                  G/B       D   G/B D

He lived out on the edge of town

                        G/B    D     D/F#

And I'm pretty sure he had a brother

G

It seemed that boy could walk for days

                        D     G/B D

I suspect to avoid his mother



[Verse]

                    G/B     D   G/B

And I always knew he had it bad

D                   G/B D         D/F#

Tougher than any of us others did

G

Still, I never asked him how he was doing

                            D     G/B D

What could I do? I was just a kid



[Chorus]

Bm           D    Bm

Why don't we open up

             D       Bm

Knowing that we all falter?

              Em  D/F# G

When will we learn

                      D      G/B D G/B

To reach out for each other?



[Verse]

D                    G/B   D G/B

So, now he's the new town bum

D                                 G/B      D D/F#

He talks to himself and picks up cans all day

G

And when my kids ask me about him

           D     G/B      D

What'll I say? What'll I say?



[Outro]

Bm           D    Bm

Why don't we open up

             D         Bm

Knowing that we, we all falter?

                  Em

And when will we learn?

D/F#        G          D   Bm

When will we learn to open up

             D       Bm

Knowing that we all falter?

              Em

When will we learn? (When will we learn?)

         D/F#          G   Em

I said, when will we learn?

D/F#          G

When will we learn