Intro: G Em Verse 1: G You'll never have to hear the word "no" If you keep all your friends on the payroll Em The non-disclosure pages signed Your secret's safe between those lines G The scaffolding will cheer and console you But remember what your mother told you Em That good help is so hard to find For people that are so refined Am You're trying to turn into the skid C D In this never-ending grid Chorus: Em D C G There's a long, slow fade Em D C G To a darkened stage Em D C G And I hear you say Em D C G "Only a fool gives it away" Am Only a fool would give C Only a fool gives it away G Verse 2: G You said you wanna stake out your claim High above the city from where you came Em Don't you know the air's so thin? It starves the brain of oxygen G I know it's such a dangerous place For there are more ascensions than there is space Em Angels causing accidents The camera phones'll document Am But if I start to levitate Pull me down with all your weight C D Chorus: Em D C G There's a long, slow fade Em D C G To a darkened stage Em D C G And I hear you say Em D C G "Only a fool gives it away" Am Only a fool would give C Only a fool gives it away Solo: G Em G Em Pre-Chorus: Am You're trying to turn into the skid Em In this never-ending grid Am But you should know it's not ideal All those hands upon the wheel C D Chorus: Em D C G There's a long, slow fade Em D C G To a darkened stage Em D C G And I hear you say Em D C G "Only a fool gives it away" Em D C G There's a long, slow fade Em D C G To a darkened stage Em D C G And I hear you say Em D C G "Only a fool gives it away" Am Only a fool would give C Only a fool would give Am Only a fool would give C Only a fool gives this away G
