INTRO:
Abm C#m Abm
Abm C#m F#
B Bbm6
Abm C#m F#
Abm C#m
As I walk through the streets of my new city
F# B
my back feeling much better, I suppose
Bbm6 Abm C#m
I´ve reclaimed the use of my imagination
F# B
for better or for worse, I´ve yet to know
Bbm6 Abm C#m
but I always knew you´d be the one to understand me,
F# B Bbm6
I guess that´s why it took so long to get things right.
Abm
Suddenly I´m lost
C#m
On my street
On my block
F#
Oh why, Oh why
B E
Oh why haven´t you been there for me?
F# B Bbm6
Can´t you see, I´m losing my mind this time?
Abm C#m
This time it´s for real, I can see
F#* Abm* Bbm* C#m*
All the trees are turning red
F#* Abm* Bbm* C#m* F#*
The beggars near bodegas grin at me
F#* Abm* Bbm* C#m*
I think they want something
F#* Abm* Bbm* C#m* F#*
I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe
B
and be calm.
Be calm.
E B
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
Abm C#m E
Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes.
F#
Be calm.
Abm C#m
I´m scared that everyone is out to get me.
F# B Bbm6
"These days before you speak to me you pause."
Abm C#m
"I always see you looking out your window."
F# B Bbm6
"After all, you lost your band, you left your mom."
Abm C#m
Now every single crack, every pain that I pass,
F# B Bbm6
says I should either leave or pick it up
Abm
But with every single buck I´ve made
C#m
I´m saddled with bad luck that came
F#
the moment I was baptized
F#*
or when I found out one day I´m gonna die
Abm* Bbm* C#* F#* Abm* C#m*
if only I could find my people or my place in life
F#* Abm* Bb* C#m*
then when they come to ´carolin´
F#* Abm* Bbm* C#m*
so loud, so bright, the theremin
F#* Abm* Bbm*
will lead us to a chorus
C#m* F#* Abm* Bbm* C#m* F#
where we´ll all rejoice and sing a song that goes:
B
Oh be calm.
Be calm.
E B
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
Abm C#m E
I know that it gets so hard sometimes,
F#
Be calm.
B D#m
Take it from me, I´ve been there a thousand times.
Abm
You hate your pulse because it thinks you´re still alive
Abm A#m* B* C#m
and e-very--thing´s wrong
E C#m
It just gets so hard sometimes
F#
Be calm.
Abm F# D#m C#m
I don´t remember much that night,
B F# B F# F#* Ab* B*
Just walking, thinking fondly of you
Abm F# D#m C#m B
Thinking how the worst is yet to come
F# B F# B
From that street corner came a song
B* C#m* D#m* E*
And I can´t remember the man,
F# B Bbm6
The panhandler or his melody.
Abm F# D#m C#m F#
The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I´d given thee.
B
Oh be calm.
Be calm.
E B
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
Abm C#m E
I know that it gets so hard sometimes,
F#
Be calm.
B D#m
Take it from me, I´ve been there a thousand times.
Abm
You hate your pulse because it thinks you´re still alive
Abm A#m B C#m
and e-very--thing´s wrong
E C#m
It just gets so hard sometimes
F#
Be calm.
Abm
Be calm.
D* G*