Verse 1Am
Fear will take the Best of us,
Em
Then come back for the rest of us,
CG
Its rabid hunger never satisfied.
Am
It's closer than a brother
Em
And more jealous than a lover,
CGAm
Who holds you while it swallows you alive.
EmDAm
Let down your gu-ard,
EmD
And it will steal your he-art.
ChorusEmD/F#GG/BCCmaj7
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmD/F#GG/BCCmaj7
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmGEmG
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Verse 2Am
I've tried to blame bureaucracy
Em
The weak-knees of hypocrisy
CG
And the cruel and shifting winds of circumstance
Am
But I know insecurity
Em
Is the worst of my own enemies
CGAm
He sings his lonely song and I will dance
EmDAm
As he robs me bl-ind
EmD
right before my ey-es
ChorusEmD/F#GG/BCCmaj7
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmD/F#GG/BCCmaj7
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmGEmG
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
BridgeCG
Set me free, set me free
DEm
Oh my God set me free
CG
From the chains holding me
DC
Oh my God set me free.
ChorusEmD/F#GC
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmD/F#GC
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmD/F#GG/BCCmaj7
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmD/F#GG/BCCmaj7
There's no thief like fear, no,
EmGEmG
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
EmGEmG
Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh
EndingCG
I am free, I am free
DEm
Oh my God has rescued me
CG
From these chains I am released
DEm
For my God has set me free
CG
I am free, I am free
DEm
Oh my God has rescued me
CG
From these chains I am released
DC
For my God has set me free.
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