Intro: [C#m E]

Go! 

1. [C#m]Stapled shut Inside an
outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight
Bizarre but [E]right at home

[C#m]Claustrophobic
Closing in and I'm
Catastrophic [E]Not again

I’m [C#m]smeared across the page
And doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain Yet
I'm the [E]one who's obscene

[C#m]Catch me up on all your sordid
little indiscretions
I've got no time to lose I'm just
[E]caught up in all the cattle

[C#m]Frey the strings…
Throw the shapes…
Hold your breath…
Listen!

--->

R: [: [C#m]I am a [E]world before I am a man
[C#m]I was a [E]creature before I could stand
[C#m]I will re[E]member before I for[F#m]get
[A]Before I forget that! :]

[C#m E]

2. I'm ripped across the ditch
And settled in the dirt and I
Wear you like a stitch
Yet I'm the one who's hurt

Pay attention to your
twisted little indiscretions
I've got no right to win I'm
just caught up in all the battles

[C#m]Locked in clutch
Pushed in place
Hold your breath
Listen!

R: I am a world before I am a man...

2x
[D B C#m G#m]
e:|------------------------------------------------|
B:|------------------------------------------------|
G:|----------------------------------------1-------|
D:|-2--1-2--1-2--1-2-4-2--2--1-2--1-2--1-2---4-1-2-|
A:|------------------------------------------------|
E:|------------------------------------------------|

3. [: My [D]end
It [B]justifies my [C#m]means
[G#m]All I ever do is de[D]lay
My [B]every attempt to e[C#m]vade
The [G#m]end of the road and my [D]end :]

R: I am a world before I am a man...

[C#m]Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah Oh!