Gotta Knock A Little Harder

	  		

Intro: G  A7  F  C/G  G  Gsus4  G (4x)

G 
Happiness is just a word to me, 
        A#sus9                      F 
And it might have meant a thing or two 
                 C Csus4 C 
if I'd known the difference. 

G 
Emptiness, a lonely parody, 
       A#sus9                 F 
And my life, another smokin? gun 
                C Csus4 C 
A sign of my indifference. 

Eb 
Always keepin? safe inside 
             F 
Where no one ever had a chance 
                 G Gsus4 G 
To penetrate or break in. 

Eb 
Let me tell you some have tried, 
       F 
but I slam the door so tight 
                       G Gsus4 G 
That they could never get in. 

G 
Kept my cool under lock and key 
      A#sus9 
And I never shed a tear 
  F                   C Csus4 C 
Another sign of my condition. 

G 
Fear of love or bitter vanity 
     A#sus9 
That kept on the run 
    F                        C Csus4 C 
The main of events at my confession. 

Eb 
I kept a chain upon my door 
            F 
That would shake the shame of Cain 
                 G Gsus4 G 
into a blind submission. 

Eb 
The burning ghost without a name 
            F 
Was still calling all the same 
                   G 
But I just wouldn?t listen. 

G 
The longer I'd stall 

The further I'd crawl 
A7 
The further I'd crawl 

The harder I'd fall 
F	      C/G           G Gsus4 G 
I was crawlin' into the fire 

G 
The more that I saw 

The further I'd fall 
A7 
The further I'd fall 

The lower I'd crawl 
F	     C/G          G Gsus4 G 
I kept fallin' into the fire 

Solo: G  A7  F  C/G  G  Gsus4  G (2x) 
      G  G# 

A 
Suddenly it occurred to me 
    Csus9                    G 
The reason for the run and hide 
               D Dsus4 D 
Had totaled my existence 

A 
Everything left on the other side 
      Csus9                     G 
Could never be much worse that this 
                   D Dsus4 D 
But could I go the distance 

F 
  I faced the door and all my shame 
        G 
Tearin' off each piece of chain 
             A Asus4 A 
Until they were broken 

F 
But no matter how I tried 
          G 
The other side was locked so tight 
                   A Asus4 A 
The door it wouldn't open 

A 
Gave it all that I got 

And started to knock 
    B7 
Shouted for someone 

To open the lock 
       G    D                 A Asus4 A 
I just gotta get through the door 

A 
And the more that I knocked 

The hotter I got 
     B7 
The hotter I got 

The harder I'd knock 
       G    D                   A Asus4 A 
I just gotta break through the door 

                      A 
Gotta knock a little harder 
                      B7 
Gotta knock a little harder 
                      G     D 
Gotta knock a little harder 
                    A Asus4 A 
Break through the door