Originally in E, I play in D
Intro, skip this acoustic
| D | D | A | A | D | D | F#m | F#m |
| G | G | Bm | Bm | Bm | Bm | A | A |
x2
| D | A | Bm | G |
| x4 |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| Have you e | ver been c | lose to | traged | y |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| Or been | close to f | olks who | have |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| Have you | ever felt a p | ain so | powerf | ul |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| So | heavy | you coll | apse |
| E | G | E | G |
| No, | well, | I... |
I sing the one here, though the melody is either the 3 or the 5
| D | A | |
| N | ever had to knock on | wood |
| F#m | |
| But I know someone who | has |
| G | |
| Which makes me wonder if I | could, it makes me wonder if I |
| D | A |
| Never had to knock on wo | od |
| F#m | |
| And I’m glad I haven’t | yet |
| G | |
| Because I’m sure it isn’t | good |
| D | |
| That’s the impression that I | get |
| D | A | Bm | G |
| x4 |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| Have you | ever had the o | dds stacked u | p so | high |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| You need a | strength most d | on’t posse | ss |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| Or has it | ever come d | own to d | o or | die |
| D | A | Bm | G | |
| You’ve got to | rise a | bove the | rest |
| E | G | E | G |
| No | I... |
| D | A | |
| N | ever had to knock on | wood |
| F#m | |
| But I know someone who | has |
| G | |
| Which makes me wonder if I | could, it makes me wonder if I |
| D | A |
| Never had to knock on wo | od |
| F#m | |
| And I’m glad I haven’t | yet |
| G | |
| Because I’m sure it isn’t | good |
| D | |
| That’s the impression that I | get |
| E | G |
| x3 |
| D | A | Bm | G |
| I’m not a c | oward, I’ve just n | ever been | tested |
| D | A | Bm | G |
| I’d like to t | hink that if I | was, I would | pass |
| D | A | Bm | G |
| Look at the t | ested and think | there but for the g | race go I |
| D | A | Bm | G |
| Might be a | coward, I’m af | raid of what I m | ight find out |
| D | A | |
| N | ever had to knock on | wood |
| F#m | |
| But I know someone who | has |
| G | |
| Which makes me wonder if I | could, it makes me wonder if I |
| D | A |
| Never had to knock on wo | od |
| F#m | |
| And I’m glad I haven’t | yet |
| G | |
| Because I’m sure it isn’t | good |
| D | |
| That’s the impression that I | get |
| D | A | Bm | G |
| x4 |
Chords are a little ambiguous here, I’m quarter-timing the changes
| D | A |
| Never had to, I better knock on w | ood |
| Bm | |
| ‘Cause I know someone who | has |
| G | |
| Which makes me wonder if I | could, it makes me wonder if I |
| D | A |
| Never had to, I better knock on | wood |
| Bm | G | |
| ‘Cause I’m sure it isn’t | good, and I’m glad I haven’t | yet |
| D | |
| That’s the impression that I | get |