Intro:

A, D  4 times

Verses* (courtesy of Nick Doyle):

    A     D    E    Bm

e -x-  -x-  -0-  -2-
b -x-  -x-  -0-  -3-
g -x-  -9-  -1-  -4-
d -9-  -7-  -2-  -4-
a -7-  -5-  -2-  -2-
E -5-  -x-  -0-  -2-
 

A                D                           A                   D                 E
She knows the fear in the eyes of a child, and he wants to soar through the air,

A           D                        A  Bm               E      A     D   A   D
He's only now just beginning to rise, part of him's already there.
 

*here's a little easier way to play the verse A and D chords that sounds similar to the above:

    A     D
e -0-  -5-
b -0-  -5-
g -6-  -7-
b -7-  -7-
a -7-  -5-
E -5-  -5-
 
 
 

Chorus*:

   F#m  E    A    D

e -2- -0-  -0-  -2-
b -2- -0-  -2-  -3-
g -2- -4-  -2-  -2-
d-4-  -2-  -2-  -0-
a -4- -2-  -4-  -x-
E -2- -4-  -x-  -x-

*It's fine to play just regular E and A chords too. Much easier than I have here.
 
 

            F#m                         E
Cause he wasn't that smart and she wasn't so strong

           Bm                   A        E(regular)
But they went through the motions as if they belonged,

F#m                           E                        Bm        D           A (verse A)
Playing their parts in this traveling show and they haven't got too far to go.
 
 

Bridge*:

A F#m  E                              A F#m E                          A  F#m  E
              No more tears today,              no more time to waste,

                              D                      E
cause when I come to the end of the line, I'll know it's my time, to shine.

*the A chords here are like this:

e-0-
b-0-
g-2-
d-2-
a-0-
E-x-
 

End*:

A F#m E             A          F#m E          A  F#m E      A   F#m  E    A
            It's too far to go,          it's too far_____ to go_____

*the A chords here are like the ones in the bridge.