Intro: x2
F   C   F   C   F C D  G 

G 	  	  	 C
I've got my reasons for holding back,
F 	  	  	 G
Can't give my trust too fast
G 	  	  	       C
I've pulled myself out of the wreck too many times
F                       G
To think that words can last
***Chorus*********
D                   A
You need someone to help you when you're down
C               D              G
Pick you like a pearl from the sand
D              A
Somebody who's devoted to you
C                D               G   D/F#  Em
Right beside you when you take a stand
C             D       F      C       F      C      F  C  D   G
I could never be that man.
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G 	  	  	 C
You have a special shrine in your room
F 	  	       G
Pictures of lovers on the wall
G 	  	  	       C
I loved to lie there and look into their eyes,
F                       G
So confident before you let them fall
***Chorus 2***
G 	  	  	 C
Will you tell me please how to get them off their knees,
F 	  	  	  G
Twirling 'round you fast as they can,
G 	  	          C
How did you know that it worried me so,
F                       G
Not the ones who fall, but the ones who stand

I could never be that man.
***SOLO
G 	  	       C
I still remember that time in my life
F 	            G
When I was sinking so low.
G 	  	  	        C
You stayed with me all through the night
F                      G
And sang me some songs you know.
***Chorus 3***
D                      A
Now as time goes on, I wonder what went wrong,
C              D       G
Didn't I fit into your little plan
D                         A
Couldn't I be the one you lay your troubles on,
C               D                 G  D/F#  Em
Walk you to the edge and hold you hand,
C               D              G  D/F#  Em
Pick you like a pearl from the sand,
C          D              G  D/F#  Em
Open every doorway that I can,
C             D       G  D/F#  Em   D    C  D  G    C  D  G    C  D  G
I could never be that man.