Social Distortion - Footprints on my ceiling
Standard tuning
Intro:
F, C, G, Bb F x2
Verse 1:
[F]Everybody wants a lover, [C]nobody wants to uncover
[G]What may lay deep beneath a [Bb]sometimes painf[F]ul past
[F]Wanna go without a care, [C]pull gardenias from her hair
[G]I think of a time we didn't have a [Bb]care in th[F]e world
[F]Captivated by her beauty, I [C]knew it was my life long duty
[G]She had all the grace and charm of a [Bb]radian[F]t queen
Chorus:
[C] How do you talk without [Gm]speaking? Yeah
[Bb] How do you hear without [F]liste[C]ning?
[C] How do you live without [Gm]feeling? Yeah
[Bb] How do you take without [F]gi-[C]ving?
And we [Bb]keep it all in[F]side?
Verse 2:
[F]There are footprints on my ceiling, [C]I can't help this fucked up feeling
[G]Something's wrong, you ain't comin' [Bb]around here no [F]more
[F]Try to get my thoughts together, I [C]think of a time when things were better
[G]This miscommunication is [Bb]breakin' me[F] down
Chorus:
[C] How do you talk without [Gm]speaking? Yeah
[Bb] How do you hear without [F]liste[C]ning?
[C] How do you live without [Gm]feeling? Yeah
[Bb] How do you take without [F]gi-[C]ving?
How you [Bb]treat your new bes[F]t friend?
Solo:
F, C, G, Bb F x6
Verse 3:
[F]Everybody wants a lover, [C]nobody wants to uncover
[G]What may lay deep beneath a [Bb]sometimes painf[F]ul past
[F]My heart is heavy slowly sinking, I [C]redirect my desperate thinking
[G]And kiss her red full lips, like I [Bb]did the very fir[F]st time
Chorus:
[C] How do you talk without [Gm]speaking? Yeah
[Bb] How do you hear without [F]liste[C]ning?
[C] How do you live without [Gm]feeling? Yeah
[Bb] How do you take without [F]gi-[C]ving?
[C] There are footprints on my [Gm]ceiling, yeah
[Bb] And I kept it bottled [F]up ins[C]ide, all my [Gm]life
-DP
Standard tuning
Intro:
F, C, G, Bb F x2
Verse 1:
[F]Everybody wants a lover, [C]nobody wants to uncover
[G]What may lay deep beneath a [Bb]sometimes painf[F]ul past
[F]Wanna go without a care, [C]pull gardenias from her hair
[G]I think of a time we didn't have a [Bb]care in th[F]e world
[F]Captivated by her beauty, I [C]knew it was my life long duty
[G]She had all the grace and charm of a [Bb]radian[F]t queen
Chorus:
[C] How do you talk without [Gm]speaking? Yeah
[Bb] How do you hear without [F]liste[C]ning?
[C] How do you live without [Gm]feeling? Yeah
[Bb] How do you take without [F]gi-[C]ving?
And we [Bb]keep it all in[F]side?
Verse 2:
[F]There are footprints on my ceiling, [C]I can't help this fucked up feeling
[G]Something's wrong, you ain't comin' [Bb]around here no [F]more
[F]Try to get my thoughts together, I [C]think of a time when things were better
[G]This miscommunication is [Bb]breakin' me[F] down
Chorus:
[C] How do you talk without [Gm]speaking? Yeah
[Bb] How do you hear without [F]liste[C]ning?
[C] How do you live without [Gm]feeling? Yeah
[Bb] How do you take without [F]gi-[C]ving?
How you [Bb]treat your new bes[F]t friend?
Solo:
F, C, G, Bb F x6
Verse 3:
[F]Everybody wants a lover, [C]nobody wants to uncover
[G]What may lay deep beneath a [Bb]sometimes painf[F]ul past
[F]My heart is heavy slowly sinking, I [C]redirect my desperate thinking
[G]And kiss her red full lips, like I [Bb]did the very fir[F]st time
Chorus:
[C] How do you talk without [Gm]speaking? Yeah
[Bb] How do you hear without [F]liste[C]ning?
[C] How do you live without [Gm]feeling? Yeah
[Bb] How do you take without [F]gi-[C]ving?
[C] There are footprints on my [Gm]ceiling, yeah
[Bb] And I kept it bottled [F]up ins[C]ide, all my [Gm]life
-DP