| D | G |
| D | G |
| How can it happen that | every time |
| D | G | |
| You | ask us this question the answer s | eems like a lie? |
| D | G | |
| You | know what we’re saying, you | know what we mean |
| Bm | |
| And it’s a | lways sincere, god knows |
| A | G | |
| But it never | gets | through to where you need |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G/D | |
| There’s no | place for you here, stay back where you belong |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G/D | |
| You are | not wanted here anymore |
| D | G | |
| And | god damn the people who | left you in pain |
| D | G | |
| And | god damn the father, without | face, without name |
| D | G | |
| And | god damn the lovers who | never showed up |
| Bm | A | G | |
| And | god damn the wounds that show how | deep a w | ord can cut |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G/D | |
| There’s no | place for you here, stay back where you belong |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G/D | |
| You are | not wanted here, stay back where you belong |
Solo
| Em | Bm | Em | D |
| Em | A | Bm | A |
| → | → |
| G |
| D | G | |
| And | how can it happen now that you | know the cause |
| D | G | |
| That | nothing is changing and | everything’s wrong |
| D | G |
| Pain is the healing, and the | tears sting like alcohol |
| Bm | |
| Oh, just k | eep on there breathing |
| G | |
| We’ll help you down the | long, long road back home |
Let ring
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G/D | |
| There’s no | place for you here, stay back where you belong |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G/D | |
| You are | not wanted here, anymore |
Band back in
| D | G | D | G |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G | |
| There’s no | place for you here, stay back where you belong |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G | |
| You are | not wanted here, stay back where you belong |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
| G | |
| There’s no | place for you here, stay back where you belong |
| D | |
| Be | fore you were born someone kicked in the door |
Hang on “help”
| G | |
| We’ll | help you down the long road |