Intro: Abm B
 
Verse 1:
Abm                                 B
Nothing wakes you up like wakin' up alone
Abm                                             B
And all that's left of us is a cupboard full of clothes
Gb                                          E
The day you walked away and took the higher ground
Gb                                          Db  E
Was the day that I became the man that I am now
 
Chorus:
    B          E           Abm      Gb
But these high walls, they came up short
            E       Abm      Gb
Now I stand taller than them all
Absus4     E           Abm      Db
These high walls never broke my soul
         E
And I, I watched them all come fallin' down
                        Gb           B      E     B  E
I watched them all come fallin' down for you, for you
 
Verse 2:
Abm                                         B
Nothing makes you hurt like hurtin' who you love (Hurtin' who you love)
Abm                                 B
And no amount of words will ever be enough (Will ever be enough)
Gb                                       E
I looked you in the eyes, saw that I was lost (Saw that I was lost)
Gb                                  Db                           E
For every question why, you were my because (You were my because)
 
Chorus:
    B          E           Abm     Gb
But these high walls, they came up short
            E      Abm       Gb
Now I stand taller than them all
Absus4     E           Abm      Db
These high walls never broke my soul
         E
And I, I watched them all come fallin' down
                        Gb           B      E
I watched them all come fallin' down for you
             B      E
Fallin' down for you
 
Bridge:
E                Abm           Gb
So this one is a thank you for what you did to me
E              Abm               Gb
Why is it that thank-yous are so often bittersweet?
E             B                Absus4         Abm      Db
I just hope I see you one day, and you say to me, "Oh, oh"
 
Chorus:
               E           Abm     Gb
But these high walls, they came up short
            E      Abm       Gb
Now I stand taller than them all
Absus4     E           Abm      Db
These high walls never broke my soul
         E
And I, I watched them all come fallin' down
                        Gb           B      E
I watched them all come fallin' down for you
             B      E
Fallin' down for you
 
Outro:
Abm                                  B 
Nothing wakes you up like wakin' up alone