So I've been looking at the tabs already posted for this song and, while they've taught me all I need to know, I've found that the ideal tuning for this song is, in fact, double dropped D i.e. tune both the first and sixth string down to D. Now, I'm just an amateur and couldn't suss out the key change in this song, but for an acoustic performance, it's still pretty good. I hope you guys enjoy this classic tune and, as always, disclaimer, disclaimer, disclaimer: it's not my song, don't sue me. Chords:

||--^G0---^A70----^F0---^C/F-0----^D70---|| ||--3---2----1----1----1---|| ||--0---0----0----0----2---|| ||--0---2----0----2----0---|| ||--5---0----3----3----0---|| ||--5---0----3----3----0---||

Intro: G A7 F C/F G - C/F - G |_________| | Just a quick riff

^GHappiness is just a word to me, And it m^A7ight have meant a thing or tw^Fo if I had k^C/Fnown the ^Gdi

ff^C/Feren

ce^G.

^GEmptiness, a lonely parody, And my l^A7ife, another smokin’^F gun A sign of my in^C/Fdifference^G.

^C/F

^D7Always keepin’ safe inside Where no one e^Fver had a chan^C/Fce To penetrate a br^Gea

k ^C/Fin.

^D7Let me tell you some have tried, but I s^Flam the door so t^C/Fight That they could never g^Get in.

Verse 2 :

^GKept my cool under lock and key And I n^A7ever shed a tear An^Fother sign of my ^C/Fcondition^G.

^C/F

^GFear of love or bitter vanity That ^A7kept on the run The ^Fmain of events at my con^C/Ffession^G.

^C/F

^D7I kept a chain upon my door That would ^Fshake the shame of Ca^C/Fin into a blind su^Gbm

is^C/Fsion

. ^G

^D7The burning ghost without a name Was still ^Fcalling all the sa^C/Fme But I just wouldn??^G?t listen.

Chorus 1 :

^GThe longer I'd stall The further I'd crawl ^A7The further I'd crawl

The harder I'd fall

^FI was crawlin^C/F' into the ^Gfi

re^C/F

^GThe more that I saw The further I'd fall ^A7The further I'd fall

The lower I'd crawl

^FI kept fallin'^C/F into the ^Gfi

re^C/F

Bridge : G A7 F C/F G - C/F - G x2 [Into the fi-ya!] Verse 3 :

^GSuddenly it occurred to me The ^A7reason for the run and h^Fide Had totaled my ^C/Fexistanc^Ge

^C/F

^GEverything left on the other side Could ^A7never be much worse that th^Fis But could I go the ^C/Fdistance^G

^C/F

^D7I faced the door and all my shame Tearin' ^Foff each piece of cha^C/Fin Until they were ^Gbr

ok^C/Fen

^D7But no matter how I tried The other ^Fside was locked so ^C/Ftight The door it wouldn't ^Gopen

Chorus 2 :

^GGave it all that I got And started to knock ^A7Shouted for someone

To open the lock

I just ^Fgotta^C/F get through the ^Gdo

or^C/F

^G And the ^Gmore that I knocked

The hotter I got

The ^A7hotter I got The harder I'd knock I just ^Fgott^C/Fa break through the ^Gdo

or^C/F

Gotta knock a little h^Garder Gotta knock a little h^A7arder Gotta knock a little h^Farder^C/F Break through the ^Gdo

or^C/F

Gotta knock a little h^Garder Gotta knock a little h^A7arder Gotta knock a little h^Farder^C/F Break through the ^Gdo

or^C/F

It's not pinpoint accurate, but if you don't obsess over that, it's a perfectly good tab. Enjoy!

The Seatbelts - Gotta knock a little harder