Written by Jim Cuddy/Greg Keelor
Intro: C G Am F C G F G/F Am/F F C G Tell me the way that you want this to go Am F C G F G/F Am/F F I can be harder I'll melt like the snow coming down C G Everything changes, each word that we say Am F C G F G/F Am/F F One little step and you can't find your way back around Am Em Maybe some picture appears in your head F C G/B Knocks you right off of your track Am Em All the doubts and excuses they flood in instead F Dm G One little step out that door, you never go back C Edim Well you're trying to get out, you can't find the words Am Ab7 Leaving the way that you always heard C/G G And you made your mind up, yes you made your mind up C G Night after night well you're back here again Am F C G F G/F Am/F F Tossing and turning like birds in the rain losing ground Am Em Take away everything gained in a life F C G/B All you could borrow or steal Am Em No rich man no poor man no wrong and no right F Dm G Strips you right back down to nothing but the way that you feel C Edim Well you're trying to get out, you can't find the words Am Ab7 Leaving the way that you always heard C/G G And you made your mind up, yes you made your mind up C Edim Everyone knows that it's easy to leave Am Ab7 Harder to get out and really believe C/G G That you made your mind up, yes you made your mind up F G Ten thousand reasons are scattered around C Edim Asus4 Ab5 As you watch yourself walking away, walking away F G C G Am F G C G C Guitar solo Am Em Maybe some picture appears in your head F C G/B Knocks you right off of your track Am Em All the doubts and excuses they flood in instead F Dm G One little step out that door, you never go back C Edim Well you're trying to get out, you can't find the words Am Ab5 Leaving the way that you always heard C/G G And you made your mind up, yes you made your mind up C Edim Everyone knows that it's easy to leave Am Ab7 Harder to get out and really believe C/G G That you made your mind up, yes you made your mind up F G Climbing the steps with your head hanging down C Edim Asus4 Ab5 You beat yourself walking away, walking away F G C G Tell me the way that you want this to go Am F C G F G/F Am/F F I can be harder I'll melt like the snow coming down, down Outro: Dm Em/D F/D Dm C