Gotta Knock A Little Harder by The Seatbelts

Seatbelts Gotta Knock a little Harder

Intro:

E, F#, D, A/E, E, Esus4, E x 4


Verse 1 :

E             	     
Happiness is just a word to me,
        G                           D
And it might have meant a thing or two
	     	A/E
if I'd known the difference.

E                   
Emptiness, a lonely parody,
	G                   D
And my life, another smokin’ gun
	     	A/E
A sign of my indifference.

C
Always keepin’ safe inside
             D              
Where no one ever had a chance 
	     	A/E
To penetrate or break in.

C
Let me tell you some have tried,
       D                
but I slam the door so tight 
	     	A/E
That they could never get in.








Verse 2 :

E             	     
Kept my cool under lock and key
        G                           D
And I never shed a tear
	     	A/E
Another sign of my condition.

E             	     
Fear of love or bitter vanity
      G                           D
That kept on the run
 	     	          A/E
The main of events at my confession.

C
I kept a chain upon my door
	                  D
That would shake the shame of Cain
	             A/E
into a blind submission.

C
The burning ghost without a name 
                       D                   
Was still calling all the same 
	               A/E
But I just wouldn’t listen.



Chorus 1  (same as intro):

E
The longer I'd stall

The further I'd crawl
F#
The further I'd crawl

The harder I'd fall
D	      A/E         E
I was crawlin' into the fire

E
The more that I saw

The further I'd fall
F#
The further I'd fall

The lower I'd crawl
D	     A/E          E
I kept fallin' into the fire


Verse 3 :

E          
Suddenly it occurred to me
      G                           D
The reason for the run and hide
	     	A/E
Had totaled my existence

E               
Everything left on the other side
	G                   D
Could never be much worse that this
	     	A/E
But could I go the distance

C
  I faced the door and all my shame
             D              
Tearin' off each piece of chain
	     	A/E
Until they were broken

C
But no matter how I tried
                          D              
The other side was locked so tight
	     	A/E
The door it wouldn't open


Chorus 2 :

E
Gave it all that I got

And started to knock
F#
Shouted for someone

To open the lock
D	      A/E         E
I just gotta get through the door

E
And the more that I knocked

The hotter I got
F#
The hotter I got

The harder I'd knock
D	      A/E         E
I just gotta break through the door

	E
Gotta knock a little harder
	F#
Gotta knock a little harder
	          D      
Gotta knock a little harder
A                          E 
Break through the door 

(repeat until end)


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