Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
I found this out by watching Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks performance of this song on
youtube. It may not be 100% right, but it sounds alright playing along to the track.
Verse 1:
G D Cadd9
You got a dangerous background
G D Cadd9
In everything you dreamed of
G D Cadd9
Yeah, you're the dark angel
G D Cadd9
It don't show when you break up
Pre-Chorus 1:
Em D Cadd9
But I'm the one who oughtta know
Em D Cadd9
Yeah I'm the one left in the dust
D
I'm the broken hearted fool
D
Who was never quite enough
Chorus:
G D Cadd9
I'm an insider
G D Cadd9
I been burned by the fire
Em Am
Oh and I've had to live with some hard promises
D
I've crawled through the briars,
D G
I'm an insider
Verse 2:
G D Cadd9
It's a circle of deception
G D Cadd9
It's a hall of strangers
G D Cadd9
Yeah, it's a cage without a key
G D Cadd9
You can feel the danger
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Pre-Chorus 2:
Em D Cadd9
But I'm the one who oughtta know
Em D Cadd9
I'm the one you couldn’t trust
D
I'm the lonely silent one
D
I'm the one left in the dust
Chorus:
G D Cadd9
I'm an insider
G D Cadd9
I been burned by the fire
Em Am
Oh and I've had to live with some hard promises
D
I've crawled through the briars,
D G
I'm an insider
Am D G
Whoa - oh
Am D G D
Whoa - oh
Verse 3:
G D Cadd9
I bet you're his masterpiece
G D Cadd9
Oh, I bet you're his self-control
G D Cadd9
Yeah, you'll become his legacy
G D Cadd9
In his quiet world of white and gold
Pre-Chorus 3:
Em D Cadd9
Oh, but I'm the one who oughtta know
Em D Cadd9
I'm the one you left to rust
D
Not one of your twisted friends
D
I'm the one you couldn't love
Chorus:
C D G
I'm an insider
Am D G
I been burned by the fire
Em Am
Oh and I've had to live with some hard promises
D
I've crawled through the briars,
D G
I'm an insider
Am D G
I'm an insider
