D G/B D G/B

[Verse]
D                      G/B        D G/B D
I went to high school with that kid
                  G/B D
He was even strange back then
G/B
The type whose eyes don't leave the floor
                     D
Blend in with the cement

[Verse]
D              G/B      D  G/B D
I felt so bad for that kid
                      G/B      D
One day I saw his face turn green
G
And as he tumbled to the floor
                                     D           G/B
The thought of reaching out never occurred to me

[Chorus]
Bm           D    Bm
Why don't we open up
             D       Bm
Knowing that we all falter?
              Em  D/F# G
When will we learn
                      D      G/B D G/B
To reach out for each other?

[Verse]
D                  G/B       D   G/B D
He lived out on the edge of town
                        G/B    D     D/F#
And I'm pretty sure he had a brother
G
It seemed that boy could walk for days
                        D     G/B D
I suspect to avoid his mother

[Verse]
                    G/B     D   G/B
And I always knew he had it bad
D                   G/B D         D/F#
Tougher than any of us others did
G
Still, I never asked him how he was doing
                            D     G/B D
What could I do? I was just a kid

[Chorus]
Bm           D    Bm
Why don't we open up
             D       Bm
Knowing that we all falter?
              Em  D/F# G
When will we learn
                      D      G/B D G/B
To reach out for each other?

[Verse]
D                    G/B   D G/B
So, now he's the new town bum
D                                 G/B      D D/F#
He talks to himself and picks up cans all day
G
And when my kids ask me about him
           D     G/B      D
What'll I say? What'll I say?

[Outro]
Bm           D    Bm
Why don't we open up
             D         Bm
Knowing that we, we all falter?
                  Em
And when will we learn?
D/F#        G          D   Bm
When will we learn to open up
             D       Bm
Knowing that we all falter?
              Em
When will we learn? (When will we learn?)
         D/F#          G   Em
I said, when will we learn?
D/F#          G
When will we learn