Standing Still    (midi)

 

    Am - G - C      Am - G - C

 

     Am                                      G                  C

1. Cuttin' through the darkest night with my two headlights,

                   Am                                           G        C

     trying to keep it clear, but I'm losing it here to the twilight.

                     Am                                                       G     C

    There's a dead end to my left, there's a burning bush to my right,

           Am                  - - G        C

    you aren't in sight,         you aren't in sight.

     F   Dm   G           F   Dm   G

    Do you want me, like   I   want you?

 

      G                    C         F                           Dm  

Or am I standing still, beneath the darkened sky?

      G                     C                   F                Dm  

Or am I standing still, with the scenery flying by?

      G                   Am                  F                 Dm  

Or am I standing still, out of the corner of my eye?

  Em         Am   F                G

Was that you  passing me by?

 

     Am                                                              G               

2. Mothers on the stoop, boys in souped-up coupes,

                 C

    on this hot summer night,

                  Am                                                G              

    between fight and flight is the blind man's sight,

                    C

    and the choice that's right.

     Am                                                              G           C

   I roll the window down, feel like I'm gonna drown in this strange town,

              Am               - - G            C

     feel broken down,         I feel broken down

    F    Dm   G           F   Dm   G

    Do you need me, like  I    need you?

 

      G                    C         F                           Dm  

Or am I standing still, beneath the darkened sky?

      G                     C                   F                Dm  

Or am I standing still, with the scenery flying by?

      G                   Am                  F                 Dm  

Or am I standing still, out of the corner of my eye?

  Em         Am  F                G     - Em

Was that you  passing me by?

 

Am

     Sweet sorrow is the call tomorrow.

G-Am

         Sweet sorrow is the call tomorrow.

     F   Dm G            F   Dm   G

    Do you love me, like  I     love you?

 

      G                    C         F                           Dm  

Or am I standing still, beneath the darkened sky?

      G                     C                   F                Dm  

Or am I standing still, with the scenery flying by?

      G                   Am                  F                 Dm  

Or am I standing still, out of the corner of my eye?

  Em         Am  F                G    

Was that you  passing me by?

 

                  Em - Am           F  - G - G7

    Are you pa…..ssing me by?

                       Em  - Am              F          - G

    Passing me by,          do you want me?

                                Em        Am         F        G

    Passing me (by), do you need me, like I need you, too?

            Em        Am         F        G

     And do you want me, like I want you?

                 Em  Am        F     - G

    Are you passing me by ….

 

(capo 2nd)         (Jewel)