Standard (EADGBE)

Riff 1

(Verse 1)

Children in the playground, laughing and dancing in the street

All the colors of the rainbow wrapped in childlike harmony

Me, I'm not laughing I see things only as they were

When I first needed you yeah, when I first needed you

(Guitar solo)

(Verse 2)

Cars passing by representing my life

I ain't old but I ain't young enough to cry like a baby

And I'm so scared but I won't tell you for fear you'll hate me more

Tough on the outside, tough on the outside tough all over

Clouds go rollin' by as I lay

floatin' in a stream of semi-consciousness

I'll follow it 'til the end or at least 'til

I drown in my separate reality,

sorry there's only room for me

(Guitar solo)

(Verse 3)

I used to have an angel she took care of everything

Yeah, so sometimes we cried maybe more than most, but so what

We shared everything even some things we should not have shared

Like my separate reality now there's only room for me

I walk among the criminals and I pray among the saints

And somewhere in between I try to scrape off this war paint

It's cold in here

in the corner of my soul

so dark and lonely

Oh but I ain't never gonna let go

(Verse 4)

Children in the playground laughing and dancing in the street

All the colors of the rainbow wrapped in childlike harmony

Me, I'm not laughing or dancing I see things only as they were

When I first needed you yeah, when I first needed you

I used to have everything now you won't even talk to me, but that's alright

'Cause I've got a new friend and her name is tattooed across my chest

And she won't let me down 'cause I ain't never, never gonna let her in

Tough on the outside, tough on the outside and it's surely tough

In my separate reality sorry there's only room for me

In my separate reality sorry there's only room for me for me

Riff 1

Sorry there's only room for me