Lori McKenna – Falter (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G/B D G/B [Verse]
D                      G/B        D G/B D
I went to high school with that kid

                  G/B D
He was even strange back then

G/B
The type whose eyes don't leave the floor

                     D
Blend in with the cement
[Verse]
D              G/B      D  G/B D
I felt so bad for that kid

                      G/B      D
One day I saw his face turn green

G
And as he tumbled to the floor

                                     D           G/B
The thought of reaching out never occurred to me
[Chorus]
Bm           D    Bm
Why don't we open up

             D       Bm
Knowing that we all falter?

              Em  D/F# G
When will we learn

                      D      G/B D G/B
To reach out for each other?
[Verse]
D                  G/B       D   G/B D
He lived out on the edge of town

                        G/B    D     D/F#
And I'm pretty sure he had a brother

G
It seemed that boy could walk for days

                        D     G/B D
I suspect to avoid his mother
[Verse]
                    G/B     D   G/B
And I always knew he had it bad

D                   G/B D         D/F#
Tougher than any of us others did

G
Still, I never asked him how he was doing

                            D     G/B D
What could I do? I was just a kid
[Chorus]
Bm           D    Bm
Why don't we open up

             D       Bm
Knowing that we all falter?

              Em  D/F# G
When will we learn

                      D      G/B D G/B
To reach out for each other?
[Verse]
D                    G/B   D G/B
So, now he's the new town bum

D                                 G/B      D D/F#
He talks to himself and picks up cans all day

G
And when my kids ask me about him

           D     G/B      D
What'll I say? What'll I say?
[Outro]
Bm           D    Bm
Why don't we open up

             D         Bm
Knowing that we, we all falter?

                  Em
And when will we learn?

D/F#        G          D   Bm
When will we learn to open up

             D       Bm
Knowing that we all falter?

              Em
When will we learn? (When will we learn?)

         D/F#          G   Em
I said, when will we learn?

D/F#          G
When will we learn