[Intro] C  G  F  Em

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Well it's a new year, with it comes new hopes and new fears
                   Em
Met a young man who was in tears, he asked me
F                    G
"What induces us to stay here?"
       C                       G
I said, "I don't know much and I'm not lying
C                           G
But I think you just have to keep on trying."

F                 Em           C
And I know I am naive, but if anything
Am                         F
That's what's going to save me
G                         C
That's what's going to save me

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Took a stroll around the neighborhood where the trees are swaying
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People passed in cars with their windows down, with a pop song playing
F                  Em                                F
A man walked by, walking back and forth the street with a drunken smile to go
   G
Along
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He stopped to look at me and say, "Child, don't fear doing things wrong."

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Yet I am still afraid but if anything
Am                        F
That's what's going to save me
G                         C
That's what's going to save me

Am                              D7
Now I have a lot to learn and I'm starting tonight
F                                            Em
Got to stop looking at things like they're black and they're white
Am                             D7
Got to write more songs of a little more, treat my friends better
F                                Em
Got to stop worrying about everything to the letter
F                            Em
And sometimes when it's too hard to go on
F                    Em
It just might be you that I call upon

F                  Em                  C
But I find it hard to believe, but if anything
Am                        F
That's what's going to save me
G                        C
That's what's going to save me

F
Tell me, tell me
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Oh, what's going to save me?