Standing On The Inside

(Am)Standin' on the outside, (G)lookin' (Am)in,
you know, it's been a long time, (G)I don't know where to be(Am)gin.
(Dm)So much I wanna say, so much I wanna do,
(B7)friends are tellin' me, (E)it's time that you broke through.

(Am)I've been through the hard times (G)of searchin' (Am)soul,
you know it's been a hard climb, (G)from rock'n(Am)roll.
(Dm)Now I feel a need in me, so hard to explain,
(E)now I've seen the joy of light and I wanna re(E7)main.

(C)Standing on the in(G)side, (F)I finally (C)broke that line,
ring around the (G)circle, (F)don't you know (C)that it feels so fine.
(Am)Every waking mo(E)ment, I (Am)just wanna sing the (D)news,
that I'm (F)standin' on the inside, (E) I kicked away them (Am)blues.

(Am)All the phoney faces (G)stand in (Am)line,
all the backslappers (G)know my name this (Am)time.
(Dm)Now that I've turned the lock, now that I've opened the door,
(E)I won't be on the outside, no, any(E7)more.S

(C)Standing on the in(G)side, (F)I finally (C)broke that line,
ring around the (G)circle, (F)don't you know (C)that it feels so fine.
(Am)Every waking mo(E)ment, I (Am)just wanna sing the (D)news,
that I'm (F)standin' on the inside, (E) I kicked away them (Am)blues.

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(C)Standing on the in(G)side, (F)I finally (C)broke that line,
ring around the (G)circle, (F)don't you know (C)that it feels so fine.
(Am)Every waking mo(E)ment, I (Am)just wanna sing the (D)news,
that I'm (F)standin' on the inside,  (E)  I kicked away them (Am)blues.

(Am)Standing on the inside, standing on the inside ...