INTRO:
Am Dm G
C C/B
Am Dm G
Am Dm
As I walk through the streets of my new city
G C
my back feeling much better I suppose
C/B Am Dm
I've reclaimed the use of my imagination
G C
for better or for worse I've yet to know
C/B Am Dm
but I always knew you'd be the one to understand me
G C C/B
I guess that's why it took so long to get things right
Am
Suddenly I'm lost
Dm
On my street
On my block
G
Oh why Oh why
C F
Oh why haven't you been there for me
G C C/B
Can't you see I'm losing my mind this time
Am Dm
This time it's for real I can see
G
All the trees are turning red
G
The beggars near bodegas grin at me
G
I think they want something
G
I close my eyes I tell myself to breathe
G C
and be calm
Be calm
F C
I know you feel like you are breaking down
Am Dm F
Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes
G
Be calm
Am Dm
I'm scared that everyone is out to get me
G C C/B
These days before you speak to me you pause
Am Dm
I always see you looking out your window
G C C/B
After all you lost your band you left your mom
Am Dm
Now every single crack every pain that I pass
G C C/B
says I should either leave or pick it up
Am
But with every single buck I've made
Dm
I'm saddled with bad luck that came
G
the moment I was baptized
G
or when I found out one day I'm gonna die
G
if only I could find my people or my place in life
G
then when they come to 'carolin'
G
so loud so bright the theremin
G
will lead us to a chorus
G
where we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes
C
Oh be calm
Be calm
F C
I know you feel like you are breaking down
Am Dm F
I know that it gets so hard sometimes
G
Be calm
C Em
Take it from me I've been there a thousand times
Am
You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive
Am Dm
and e-very--thing's wrong
F Dm
It just gets so hard sometimes
G
Be calm
Am G Em Dm
I don't remember much that night
C G C G
Just walking thinking fondly of you
Am G Em Dm C
Thinking how the worst is yet to come
G C G C
From that street corner came a song
C F
And I can't remember the man
G C G
The panhandler or his melody
Am G Em Dm G
The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee
C
Oh be calm
Be calm
F C
I know you feel like you are breaking down
Am Dm F
I know that it gets so hard sometimes
G
Be calm
C Em
Take it from me I've been there a thousand times
Am
You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive
Am Dm
and e-very--thing's wrong
F Dm
It just gets so hard sometimes
G
Be calm
Am
Be calm