Peter Gabriel - Wallflower Chords

[Intro]
A   D   A   D
(REPEAT 8X)
 
 
[Verse 1]
A      D         A       D
Six by six, from wall to wall
E               A        E           A
Shutters on the windows, no light at all
B           Em             B           Em
Damp on the floor, you got damp in the bed
        D                 G              D           G
They're trying to get you crazy, get you out of your head
         A        D               A        D
And they feed you scr*ps and they feed you lies
   E          A         E        A
To lower your defences, no compromise
B              Em       B          Em
Nothing you can do, the day can be long
     D               G              D              G
Your mind is working overtime, your body's not too strong
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
     A D  A D      E A  E A
Hold on       hold on
     B Em  B Em      D G  D G
Hold on         hold on
     A D  A D      E A  E A
Hold on       hold on
     B            Em         B         Em
They put you in a box so you can't get hurt
         D           G             D          G
Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred
 
 
[Chorus]
     A G D          G                 Em      D
Hold on    you have gambled with your own life
        Bm              A G D
And you face the night alone
          G               Em   D
While the builders of the cages
           Bm                A G D
Sleep with bullets, bars and stone
            G                Em     D
They do not see your road to freedom
         Bm                   A
That you build with flesh and bone
 
 
[Verse 2]
     A        D           A                D
They take you out and the light burns your eyes
       E       A        E         A
To the talking room, it's no surprise
B      Em                 B           Em
Loaded questions from the clean white coats
      D               G               D           G
Their eyes are all as hidden as their Hippocratic Oath
              A        D       A             D
They tell you how to behave, behave as their guest
    E         A              E       A
You want to resist them, you do your best
     B                Em           B        Em
They take you to your limits, they take you beyond
    D                 G                D         G
For all that they are doing there's no way to respond
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
     A D  A D      E A  E A
Hold on       hold on
     B            Em         B         Em
They put you in a box so you can't get hurt
         D           G             D          G
Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred
 
 
[Chorus]
     A G D          G                 Em      D
Hold on    you have gambled with your own life
        Bm              A G D
And you face the night alone
          G               Em   D
While the builders of the cages
           Bm                A    G
Sleep with bullets, bars and stone
D           G                Em     D
They do not see your road to freedom
         Bm                   D
That you build with flesh and bone
 
 
[Instrumental]
C G C Am7 G D C D
C G C Am7 G D Em
 
 
[Outro]
A              G        D              G
Though you may disappear You're not forgotten here
Em         D         D       Bm            A
And I will say to you I will do what I can do
        G        D              G
you may disappear You're not forgotten here
Em         D         D       Bm            A
And I will say to you I will do what I can do
G  D  G  Em  D
D           Bm            A
 and I will do what I can do
G  D  G  Em  D
D           Bm            A
 and I will do what I can do