[Verse 1]
F Am C
Everyday we walk these halls the same
F Am C
A faultless smile plastered on each face
F Am
Memories are like ghosts
C
They trail behind
F Am C
Shadows lurking in the back of our minds
[Chorus]
F Am C G
Plenty of people think they know who you are
F Am C G
But do these people know your ups, your downs, and falls?
F Am C G
But your beautiful soul‘s hidden behind bars
F Am C G Am G
And your stories are all written from afar, afar
[Verse 2]
F Am C G
Wouldn'??t it be nice just to know
F Am C G
What a stranger lives when they go home
F Am C G
Wouldn'??t it be nice to break through all these walls?
F Am C G
But without an invitation makes it impossible
[Chorus]
F Am C G
Plenty of people think they know who you are
F Am C G
But do these people know your ups, your downs, and falls?
F Am C G
But that beautiful soul‘s hidden behind bars
F Am C G
And your stories are all written from afar
F Am C G
But that beautiful, that beautiful soul's hidden behind bars
F Am C G F G Am
And your stories are all written from afar, afar, afar
[Bridge]
C
Some people seem
Am
Like an open book
C
But you never ask
G Am
And you never look
C
Do they have stories
Am
How would you know?
C G Am
You'??re only familiar with their name and phone
G F C
Numbers you never call
Am G
I bet you wouldn'??t care at all
[Chorus]
F Am C G
Plenty of people think they know who you are
F Am C G
But do these people know your ups, your downs, and falls?
[Instrumental Break]
F Am C G
F Am C G F
[Chorus]
Am C G F
Hey, yeah
Am C G
Hey, yeah
F Am C G
But that beautiful soul‘s hidden behind bars
F Am C G
And your stories are all written from afar, afar
F Am C G
But that beautiful, that beautiful soul's hidden behind bars
F Am C G G# C
And your stories are all written from afar, afar, afar