Verse:
[G]O the walls are closin' i[G]n
I can feel it in my [C]bones
Like water risin' up to my [D]chin
Another long night to be [G]alone
I could go out on the [G]town
Talk too much and laugh [C]too loud
If I'm already on my way [D]down
I might as well just work the [G]crowd
Chorus:
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now
Verse:
O the stories I could [G]tell
Sometimes I really hit my [C]stride
We make our own Heaven and our own [D]Hell
Tryin' to get across to the ot[G]her side
But everyday ends up the [G]same
One step up, two steps [C]back
Like some old silent movie [D]frame
Zoom in close, then fade [G]to black
Chorus:
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now
Bridge:
[C]How did the load get to be so [Em]heavy
I [G]used to wear my troubie like a [C]crown
[Em]A bad flood's poundin' on the [C]levee
And l'm [G]gonna need some help
To hold my [D]ground
(Instrumental)
Verse:
But I'm sinkin' like a [G]stone
To where in solitude this life I'll [C]spend
In the coldest place I've ever [D]known
I'm here just waitin' until [G]the end
I send up my S.O[G].S.
A message in a bottle set ou[C]t to sea
It just reads "Soul in dis[D]tress"
But nobody ever got back to [G]me
Chorus:
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now
[G]O the walls are closin' i[G]n
I can feel it in my [C]bones
Like water risin' up to my [D]chin
Another long night to be [G]alone
I could go out on the [G]town
Talk too much and laugh [C]too loud
If I'm already on my way [D]down
I might as well just work the [G]crowd
Chorus:
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now
Verse:
O the stories I could [G]tell
Sometimes I really hit my [C]stride
We make our own Heaven and our own [D]Hell
Tryin' to get across to the ot[G]her side
But everyday ends up the [G]same
One step up, two steps [C]back
Like some old silent movie [D]frame
Zoom in close, then fade [G]to black
Chorus:
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now
Bridge:
[C]How did the load get to be so [Em]heavy
I [G]used to wear my troubie like a [C]crown
[Em]A bad flood's poundin' on the [C]levee
And l'm [G]gonna need some help
To hold my [D]ground
(Instrumental)
Verse:
But I'm sinkin' like a [G]stone
To where in solitude this life I'll [C]spend
In the coldest place I've ever [D]known
I'm here just waitin' until [G]the end
I send up my S.O[G].S.
A message in a bottle set ou[C]t to sea
It just reads "Soul in dis[D]tress"
But nobody ever got back to [G]me
Chorus:
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me now
Can you [C]hear me [G]now
Can you [D]hear me [G]now