Gotta Knock A Little Harder

G   A   F   C   G -> C

G
Happiness is just a word to me
Eb                            F
And it might have meant a thing or two
                      C
If I'd known the difference


G
Emptiness, a lonely parody
Eb                       F
And my life, another smokin' gun
                     C
A sign of my indifference


Eb
Always keepin' safe inside
        F               C
Where no one ever had a chance
                 G
To penetrate a break in


Eb
Let me tell you some have tried
        F               C
But I would slam the door so tight
                 G
That they could never get in


G -> C -> G -> C

G
Kept my cool under lock and key
Eb                 F
And I never shed a tear
                     C
Another sign of my condidtion


G
Fear of love or bitter vanity
Eb                 F
That kept me on the run
                     C
The main events at my confession


Eb
I kept a chain upon my door
       F                   C
That would shake the shame of Cain
                G
Into a blind submission


Eb
The burning ghost without a name
       F              C
Was calling all the same
                G
But I wouldn't listen


G
The longer I'd stall
The further I'd crawl
   A
The further I'd crawl
The harder I'd fall
        F      C        G
I was crawlin' into the fire


G
The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
   A
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
       F       C        G
I kept fallin' into the fire

G  A  F  C
         G
Into the fire

G  A  F  C
         G
Into the fire


G -> C -> G -> C

Capo 2 (Key Change)

G
Suddenly it occurred to me
Eb                          F
The reason for the run and hide
                    C
Had totaled my existnce

G
Everything left on the other side
Eb                          F
Could never be much worse that this
                    C
But could I go the distance

Eb
I faced the door and all my shame
F                       C
Tearin' off each piece of chain
                    G
Until they all were broken


Eb
But no matter how I tried
F                            C
The other side was licked so tight
                        G
That door it wouldn't open


G
Gave it all that I got
And started to knock
A
Shouted for someone
To open the lock
         F      C             G
I just gotta get through the door


G
And the more that I knocked
The hotter I got
A
The hotter I got
The harder I'd knock
         F      C             G
I just gotta break through the door


G
Gotta knock a little harder
Gotta knock a little harder
A
Gotta knock a little harder
  F       C         G
Break through the door