Straightforward, no capo, album version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ7wXxepU20) D: x00232 ch /ch C#/D: 040232 G: 3x0033 or 320033 ch /ch Intro: D C#/D G ch /ch D C#/D G At the start of the conversation ch /ch D C#/D G I didn't have too much to say ch /ch D C#/D G I was needing some inspiration A And you just got in my way ch /ch D C#/D G Took a shot at an easy target ch /ch D C#/D G You were too stunned to say anything F#m G You were the unsuspecting martyr Em D G You were not the most dangerous game ch /ch D C#/D Bm A Bring my courage back now G Bring it back to me ch /ch D C#/D Bm A Tired of being afraid of what I can't change G D And I want to be living free Instrumental ch /ch (D C#/D G )x2 ch /ch D C#/D G Well, it could be that I was mistaken ch /ch D C#/D G Maybe I deceived myself ch /ch D C#/D G But it's hard to understand somebody ch /ch D C#/D G Who doesn't want to understand himself ch /ch D C#/D G There's an ocean of unlatched windows. ch /ch D C#/D G And a world of unlocked homes F#m G The only reason anybody can still feel safe Em D G Is most people still knock on the door ch /ch D C#/D Bm A Bring my courage back now G Bring it back to me ch /ch D C#/D Bm A Tired of being afraid of what I can't change G And I want to be living free A Bm A G I don't want to be a prisoner Bm A G Bound in these chains Bm A G D I don't want to be a prisoner G I want to be free again Em Bm Though we all return to dust G There's a lot of us A In a terrible rush ch /ch D C#/D G Well, some take the road to Damascus ch /ch D C#/D G Some take the road to hell F#m G I'll take highway one to the evergreens ch /ch D C#/D G And everything will turn out well ch /ch D C#/D Bm A Bring my courage back now G Bring it back to me ch /ch D C#/D Bm A Tired of being afraid of what I can't change G And I want to be living free A Bm A G I don't want to be a prisoner Bm A G Bound in these chains Bm A D Slave to my fear ch /ch D C#/D G I want to be free again ch /ch D C#/D G I want to be free again ch /ch Outro: D C#/D G