Intro & verse riff:                 

            E|-----5-p3-----5-p3-----3---|        
            B|---3--------3--------3-----|        
            G|---------------------------|        
            D|---------------------------|        
            A|---------------------------|
            E|---------------------------|

            (CONTINUE PLAYING RIFF)

            C9                               Dsus4
            Step out the front door like a ghost
                            Em7                     G
            into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white.
                C9                              Dsus4               
            And in between the moon and you   the angels get a better view
                       Em7                        G               
            of the crumbling difference between wrong and right
                   C9                           Dsus4         
            I walk in the air between the rain, through myself and back again
            Em7                   G
            Where?  I don't know
            C9                                    Dsus4    
            Maria says she's dying.  Through the door, I hear her crying
                  Em7             G
            Why?  I don't know


                      C       D               Em       G
            Round here we always stand up straight
                      C    D                 Em      G
            Round here     something radiates


            (RIFF)

            C9                               Dsus4          
            Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
                           Em7                               G  
            She said she'd like to meet a boy who looks like Elvis
                C9                                  Dsus4            
            She walks along the edge of where the ocean meets the land
                            Em7                         G
            Just like she's walking on a wire in the circus
                C9                                 Dsus4                 
            She parks her car outside of my house   Takes her clothes off,
                 Em7                            G
            Says she's close to understanding Jesus
                     C9                                Dsus4     
            She knows she's more than just a little misunderstood
                    Em7                              G
            She has trouble acting normal when she's nervous


                      C          D               Em     G
            Round here we're carving out our names
                      C    D               Em    G
            Round here we all look the same
                      C                  D
            Round here we talk just like lions
                    Em               G
            But we sacrifice like lambs
                 C           D                     Em     A      D    
            Round here she's slipping through my hands 
                 A           
            OH...............................

                C/A                    D/A     A            C/A       
            Sleeping children better run like the wind   Out of the                      
            D/A          A
            lightning dream
            C/A              D/A          A        C        
            Mama's little baby better get herself in     Out of the
            D
            lightning


            (RIFF)

            C9               Dsus4       Em7    G
            She says, "It's only in my head."
                      C9                  Dsus4       Em7     G 
             She says, "Shhh...I know it's only in my head."
                     C9
             But the girl on the car in the parking lot
                   Dsus4                             
             says: "Man, you should try to take a shot
             Em7                           G
             Can't you see my walls are crumbling?"
                         C9                                            Dsus4
             Then she looks up at the building   and she says she's thinking    
             of jumping
                            Em7                          G
             She says she's tired of life;   she must be tired of something.


                       C          D            Em    G
             Round here she's always on my mind
                       C    D             Em    G
             Round here, hey man I got lots of time
                       C                            D
             Round here we're never sent to bed early
                   Em            G
             And Nobody makes us wait
                       C               D         Em        G
             Round here we stay up very very very very late
                            C        D              Em    G
             I can't see nothing, nothing around here
                                       C                           
             Will you catch me if I'm falling
                                      D
             Will you catch me if I'm falling
                                         Em               G
             Will you catch me 'cause I'm falling down on you


             (RIFF)

                        C9                Dsus4  E5      G
             I said I'm under the gun     round    here
                               C9                D5     E5      G
             OH man I said I'm under the gun     round    here
                        C9            D5        Em
             I can't see nothing, nothing round here.