The Stairs Teclado

	  
Intro: C 

                               Em 
She looks at the clock, it's a quarter past nine 
Am                      F            G 
She hears his car as he pulls in the drive 
C                           Em 
Dinner's still waiting from hours before 
    D7                               G 
She knows he's been drinking when he walks through the door 
   Dm7                      G 
In anger he strikes out and she starts to cry 
         Dm7                         G 
How much more can she take, how much more can she lie 


 
        C             F       G 
And she fell down the stairs again 
    Am        Em             F              G 
But it hasn't happened since she don't know when 
F                         G 
Was it in spring when she packed up the kids 
   Dm7                      G 
Or maybe in winter with his job on the skids 
        Am          Em          F  
Oh, but just like before she'll have to pretend 
         Dm7           G       C 
That she fell down the stairs again 


                      Em 
A short time ago, she started a job 
        Am                      F           G 
Serving chicken fried steak and corn on the cob 
    C                        Em 
She started out shy, but she ended up sure 
       D7                 G 
That a ticket to anywhere could be the cure 
    Dm7                    G 
But he couldn't handle her change for the better 
Dm7                         G 
She tried to leave him, but he wouldn't let her 


Bridge: 
F                   G 
He says he's sorry, he didn't mean it 
   C               Em      Am    C 
He swears it won't happen again 
    F                      G 
But she's so confused, she wants to believe it 
    Dm7                          G 
She just wants this nightmare to end 


 
        C             F       G 
And she fell down the stairs again 
    Am        Em             F              G 
But it hasn't happened since she don't know when 
F                         G 
Was it in spring when she packed up the kids 
   Dm7                      G 
Or maybe in winter with his job on the skids 
        Am          Em          F  
Oh, but just like before she'll have to pretend 
         Dm7           G       C 
That she fell down the stairs again 
Am          Em          F  
Just like before she'll have to pretend 
         Dm7           G       C 
That she fell down the stairs again