On The Inside
By Rosanne Cash
Written by Rosanne Cash 
Album: Interiors (1990)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
3/29/2025

Capo 2

D                        F#m
We crawled night and day through the tears and debris 
Em                                  A
Now I'm reaching out to you but I'm keeping my hands clean 
D                          F#m
The tables are turning the tempo slows down 
Em                         A
And we're gettin' off this misery-go-round 

It's a brand new world baby now things have changed 
A brand new picture in a brand new frame
A turn of the page with a blink of your eye 
Our two steps in rhythm our hearts beatin' time 


Chorus:
       Bm      A                      Bm
On the inside, it all happened on the inside 
G                       D
It all went down on the inside

A critical moment I know you'd agree
Both of us separate but neither one free
We traded our papers for new walking shoes
But I had no idea how I'd feel without you

We watched it unravel we heard it unwind
Imprisoned by anger embittered by time
No one could tell me we'd be standing here today
Steeled by the fire and sealed by the pain

Chorus

Bridge:
G           A               F#m                 G
I'm holding on to you and I know you're holding on to me too
G          A                             F#m      G
We gave it one more chance and found the key to romance 

Now none of it happens like we think it should be
Hey it'd all be disaster if left up to me
By the power of love and protection divine
We found we hold hands through the darkness and then there was light

Chorus