The Rope

[Intro]
Am G Em Fmaj7
Am G
Em Fmaj7                 Am    G
        I was talkin' to Johnny

[Verse 1]
Em Fmaj7          Am        G
        'Bout the shape I'm in
Em Fmaj7         Am      G
        With the pinhole eyes
Em Fmaj7        Am           G
        And the darkness within
Em Fmaj7            Am        G
        Ah, but the kid don't lie
Em Fmaj7             Am           G
        He says, "We know what we know"
Em Fmaj7            Am            G
        I'm sick of kickin' out my life
Em Fmaj7       Am         G
        In the glare of a world
          Em          Fmaj7
That just don't wanna know 

[Chorus]
         Am  G Em Fmaj7
Don't let  go
Am        G Em Fmaj7
Don't let go
Am        G Em Fmaj7
Don't let go
Don't let go of the rope, don't

[Interlude]
Am G Em Fmaj7 Am G Em Fmaj7
Am G Em Fmaj7 Am G
Em Fmaj7        Am        G
        But the kid don't lie

[Verse 2]
Em Fmaj7   Am        G
        Never says a word
Em Fmaj7       Am              G
        But he looked me in the eye
Em
Fmaj7      Am                G
     And I stared right down that barrel
     Em               Fmaj7
Into the bottom of the     world

[Chorus]
         Am  G Em Fmaj7
Don't let  go
Am        G Em Fmaj7
Don't let go
Am        G
Don't let go
Em Fmaj7
        Don't let go of the rope
                         Am  G
And, if you're rollin' easy, go steady

[Post-Chorus]
Em
Fmaj7                      Am   G
     You gotta do what you do to get along
Em
Fmaj7                   Am                    G
     Did they leave you screamin' in the rain?
Em Fmaj7
        Yeah,
       Am                G
no one told you that they loved you
              Em           Fmaj7
Were you cheated? Were you robbed?
            Am G
Just hold on

[Chorus]
Em Fmaj7    Am        G Em Fmaj7
        And don't let go
Am        G Em Fmaj7
Don't let go
Don't let go of the rope
                         Am  G
And, if you're rollin' easy, go steady

[Post-Chorus]
Em
Fmaj7                      Am    G
     You gotta do what you can to get along
Em
Fmaj7             Am                   G
     They left us screamin' in the rain
Em Fmaj7
        Yeah,
     Am                G
they tossed us with the garbage
         Em             Fmaj7       Am G
Into the justice of the dark, oh, no

[Interlude]
Em Fmaj7
        Hey, hey, hey
Am G Em Fmaj7
             Hey, hey, hey
Am G Em Fmaj7
             Hey, hey, hey
Am G Em   Fmaj7         Am  G Em Fmaj7
       Ah,     don't let  go

[Chorus]
Am        G
Don't let go
Em Fmaj7   Am        G Em Fmaj7
        No Don't let go
Don't let go of the rope

[Outro]
Fmaj7
Don't let go of the rope
Don't let go of the