G    C

[Verse]
G
Lay it on (It on, it on, it on)
                C
Now that I can see (Now that I can see)
 G
Couldn't bear to talk (To talk, to talk, to talk)
                            C
Without the will to breathe (Without the will to breathe)

[Chorus]
Em
Didn't hear the strength within your words
               D  C  Bm
And what they mean
          Am                                 G    C
You were watching over me (Watching over me)

[Verse 2]
G
You can hear the call (The call, the call, the call)
                          C
When trouble's on the way (When trouble's on the way)
 G
Who said the beast was gone (Was gone, was gone, was gone)
                      C
He was only just away (Only just away, only just away)

[Chorus]
Em
Trying to find peace in always knowing
                    D  C  Bm
I was never really free
          Am
You were watching over me (Watching over me)

[Instrumental]
G  C  G  C  Em  D C Bm Am
G


[Break]
Bm                         C
  With the will to look away
                     Em
When I was falling down
                 D
Crawling in the dirt
Bm                      C
  Is it fair enough to say
                               D
That I needed you through the crazy pain
Of living here with all this hurt
     G
And what I feel (What I feel)
                 C
All I touch and how I steal (How I steal)
                 G
The fantasy was far too real (Far too real)
                       C
Oh, so I let it slip away (Let it slip away)

[Chorus]
Em
Didn't hear the strength within your words
              D C Bm
And what they mean
          Am                                G   C
You were watching over me (Watching over me)