D/F# - 200232
A* - 577655
G* - 355433
A - x02220
G - 320003
Gmaj7 - 320002
Gm - 344333
E7 - 020100
Asus4 - x02230
RIFF 1 (play through verse)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 &
D D U D U U D U
D/F# A* G*
e|-2-------0h2-------5-5-5---3-3-3-|
B|-3-------3---------5-5-5---3-3-3-|
G|-2-------2---------6-6-6---4-4-4-|
D|-0-------0-----------7-7-----5-5-|
A|-0-------0-----------7-7-----5-5-|
E|-2-------------------5-5-----4-4-|
[Verse 1]
D/F# A* G*
When you're just a stone's throw from where you started and you're going nowhere
D/F# A* G*
When everything you had that was solid has melted into air
D/F# A* G*
When you worked your fingers down to the bone but didn't get your fair share
[Chorus 1] - Open strum
A
I'll be there
G
In there like swimwear
RIFF 1 x2
I'm going nowhere
[Verse 2]
D/F# A* G*
When you feel like you're letting down your friends and you failed your family
D/F# A* G*
When you're a hedgehog who can't help pricking all the people that you meet
D/F# A* G*
When the ravens leave the tower and you're cowering for fear in the city
[Chorus 2] - Open strum
A
I'll be there
G
In there like swimwear
RIFF 1 x2
I'm going nowhere
G* Gm D/F# E7
The empires may fall, and the seas may rise but I'll be at your side by and by
G Asus4 A
I'm like an armchair
RIFF 1 x2
I'm going nowhere
[Verse 3]
D/F# A* G*
When you took your umbrella in the rain but you still got soaked
D/F# A* G*
When you worked a 62-hour week but you ended up broke
D/F# A* G*
And when the world that you thought made sense turned out to be a joke
[Chorus 1]
A
I'll be there
G
In there like swimwear
RIFF 1 x2
I'm going nowhere
[Verse 4]
D/F# A* G*
When you made your best plans but somehow they just didn't work
D/F# A* G*
'Cause you were counting on your countrymen and women not to go berserk
D/F# A* G*
And the future's falling in and all that's left is a hollow kind of hurt
[Chorus 2]
A
I'll be there
Gmaj7
In there like swimwear
RIFF x2
I'm going nowhere
[Post-Chorus]
G* Gm D/F# E7
You think my beauty may slip away, but I can try to make you happy every day
G Asus4 A
I'm like your gray hair
RIFF x2
I'm going nowhere
[Outro] - Single strum
G* Gm D/F# E7 (open strum again)
Now the tune may falter and the words may slide but here's hoping that the sentiment survives
G
I'm like your record player
Asus4 A
I'm like an armchair
RIFF x4
I'm going nowhere
End on D/F#