Original key: Gm - Capo 3rd fret here:
Em C G
You don't have the room to make mistakes
Am Em
(No room)
Em C G
A trip, a slip, a fall is all it takes
Am Em
(No room)
F Em
So you're a quiet smile, a pretty face
G F Am
That never argues, just in case you're wrong
F C G
Lord, the songs you have to sing to them
Bm F C
When you don't mean a thing to them
Em C G
You don't have the skin to bend the rules
Am Em
(No skin)
Em C G
The world will gladly suffer whiter fools
Am Em
(No skin)
F Em
And when they screw it up, they justify
G F Am
A second chance so they can try again
F C G
Running up a tab they'll never see
Bm F C
Becoming what you'll never be
Em G Em G D
You parents said of course they always knew
F#m A F#m A E
They must be fools to ever count on you
Em C Em Am Em
But you don't have the room
A C#m F#m Bm F#m
You don't have the room
Em C G
You don't have the means to make a mark
Am Em
(No means)
Em C G
Planting all your seeds but in the dark
Am Em
(No means)
F Em
And though you're twice as fast, you carry more
G F Am
So everything you're running for, you lose
F C G
Credit goes to them instead of you
Bm F C
'Cause they start out ahead of you
Em G Em G D
I'm sure a stronger girl could rise above
F#m A F#m A E
The twin desires of dignity and love
Em C Em Am Em
But you don't have the room
A C#m F#m Bm F#m
You don't have the room
