INTRO 
 
G | D - C | D - Em | G - Am | Am - Cadd9 | C 
(Refer to song for timing, it'll be important for chorus and ending) 
 
   VERSES I & II 
  
G                     D 
You lost faith in the human spirit 
Fmaj7                  C 
You walk around like a ghost 
Cm                 G* 
Your star-spangled heart 
      Am             D 
Took a train for the coast 
 
G                       D 
When you shine you're a hilltop mansion 
Fmaj7                 C 
So how'd you lose the light? 
       Cm           G* 
Was it blown by the wind, 
       Am           D 
In the still of the night? 
C 
We're up against the wall 
 
   CHORUS (strum like intro) 
 
G 
Up against the wall 
D - C                          D - Em 
    There's something dying on the street 
 
When they knock you down 
G - Am                       Cadd9  
    You're gonna get back on your feet 
                                  C                 D  
                                 (No you can't stop now) 
 
   VERSES III & IV 
 
G                     D 
I always saw you as a kind of keeper 
Fmaj7         C 
A mother to a child 
         Cm              G* 
But your boys have grown soft 
         Am              D - Dsus2 
And your girls have gone wild 
 
G                   D 
From the blue ridge to the black hills 
Fmaj7           C 
To the redwood sky 
    Cm         G 
The season may pass 
        Am           D 
But the dream doesn't die 
C 
Why did you drop the ball? 
 
   CHORUS (strum like intro) 
 
G 
Up against the wall 
D - C                          D - Em 
    There's something dying on the street 
 
When they knock you down 
G - Am                       Cadd9  
    You're gonna get back on your feet 
                                  C                 D  
                                 (No you can't stop now) 
 
G 
When they break your heart 
D - C                         D - Em 
    When they cause your soul to mourn 
 
Remember what I said 
G - Am            Cadd9 
    Boy you was battle born 
                      C                  D 
                     (No, you can't stop now) 
 
   INTERLUDE 
 
Em   Am                Cadd9 
        You was battle born... 
Em                             C 
   When the night falls on the land 
                       Am      Cadd9 
Are you haunted by the sound?... 
 
Em                              Cadd9 
    It's gonna take more than a hand 
                    Am 
To turn this thing around 
                     C 
Won't you lean it on me? 
        Am     Em 
Rescue, set me free 
 
   CHORUS (strum like intro) 
 
G 
Up against the wall 
D - C                          D - Em 
    There's something dying on the street 
 
When they knock you down 
G - Am                       Cadd9  
    You're gonna get back on your feet 
                                   C                    D  
                                 ('Cause you can't stop now) 
 
G 
Did they break your heart? 
D - C                        D - Em 
    Did they cause your soul to mourn 
 
Remember what I said 
G - Am            Cadd9 
    Boy you was battle born 
                       C                    D 
                     ('Cause you can't stop now) 
 
G 
Come on show your face 
D - C                   D  -  Em 
    Come on give us one more spark 
 
So we'll start a fire 
G - Am                  Cadd9 
    Unless we fall into the dark 
                            C                  D 
                           (And you can't stop now) 
 
G 
You never know if you never learn 
D - C 
    You never shine if you never burn 
D - Em 
    The rising tide, the undertow 
G - Am 
    The venom and the overflow 
          Cadd9  C 
You turn away,   welcome home 
 
G   D - C   D - Em   G - Am   Am - Cadd9   C 
 
G   D - C   D - Em   G - Am   Am - Cadd9   C   G