INTRO: C
She looks at the clock, it's a [Em]quarter past nine
[Am]She hears his car as he [F]pulls in the [G]drive
[C]Dinner's still waiting from [Em]hours before
She [D7]knows he's been drinking when he [G]walks through the door
In [Dm7]anger he strikes out and [G]she starts to cry
How much [Dm7]more can she take, how much [G]more can she lie
CHORUS:
And she [C]fell down the [F]stairs a[G]gain
But [Am]it hasn't [Em]happened since [F]she don't know [G]when
[F]Was it in spring when she [G]packed up the kids
Or [Dm7]maybe in winter with his [G]job on the skids
Oh, but [Am]just like be[Em]fore she'll [F]have to pretend
That she [Dm7]fell down the [G]stairs a[C]gain
A short time ago, she [Em]started a job
Serving [Am]chicken fried steak and [F]corn on the [G]cob
She [C]started out shy, but she [Em]ended up sure
That a [D7]ticket to anywhere [G]could be the cure
But [Dm7]he couldn't handle her [G]change for the better
[Dm7]She tried to leave him, but [G]he wouldn't let her
BRIDGE:
[F]He says he's sorry, [G]he didn't mean it
He [C]swears it won't [Em]happen a[Am]gain[C]
But [F]she's so confused, she [G]wants to believe it
She [Dm7]just wants this nightmare to [G]end
CHORUS:
And she [C]fell down the [F]stairs a[G]gain
But [Am]it hasn't [Em]happened since [F]she don't know [G]when
[F]Was it in spring when she [G]packed up the kids
Or [Dm7]maybe in winter with his [G]job on the skids
Oh, but [Am]just like be[Em]fore she'll [F]have to pretend
That she [Dm7]fell down the [G]stairs a[C]gain
[Am]Just like be[Em]fore she'll [F]have to pretend
That she [Dm7]fell down the [G]stairs a[C]gain
She looks at the clock, it's a [Em]quarter past nine
[Am]She hears his car as he [F]pulls in the [G]drive
[C]Dinner's still waiting from [Em]hours before
She [D7]knows he's been drinking when he [G]walks through the door
In [Dm7]anger he strikes out and [G]she starts to cry
How much [Dm7]more can she take, how much [G]more can she lie
CHORUS:
And she [C]fell down the [F]stairs a[G]gain
But [Am]it hasn't [Em]happened since [F]she don't know [G]when
[F]Was it in spring when she [G]packed up the kids
Or [Dm7]maybe in winter with his [G]job on the skids
Oh, but [Am]just like be[Em]fore she'll [F]have to pretend
That she [Dm7]fell down the [G]stairs a[C]gain
A short time ago, she [Em]started a job
Serving [Am]chicken fried steak and [F]corn on the [G]cob
She [C]started out shy, but she [Em]ended up sure
That a [D7]ticket to anywhere [G]could be the cure
But [Dm7]he couldn't handle her [G]change for the better
[Dm7]She tried to leave him, but [G]he wouldn't let her
BRIDGE:
[F]He says he's sorry, [G]he didn't mean it
He [C]swears it won't [Em]happen a[Am]gain[C]
But [F]she's so confused, she [G]wants to believe it
She [Dm7]just wants this nightmare to [G]end
CHORUS:
And she [C]fell down the [F]stairs a[G]gain
But [Am]it hasn't [Em]happened since [F]she don't know [G]when
[F]Was it in spring when she [G]packed up the kids
Or [Dm7]maybe in winter with his [G]job on the skids
Oh, but [Am]just like be[Em]fore she'll [F]have to pretend
That she [Dm7]fell down the [G]stairs a[C]gain
[Am]Just like be[Em]fore she'll [F]have to pretend
That she [Dm7]fell down the [G]stairs a[C]gain
