| E | D | E | D | E | D | A | C | G | Bb | F | A | E | D | |
| I'm so afraid of the mis | takes that I've made |
| E | D | |
| I shake every time that I a | wake |
| E | D | |
| I feel like a card board c | ut-out man |
| A | C | G | Bb | |
| so bu | ild me a ti | me where cha | rters rym | e |
| F | A | |
| and the sto | ry line is ki | nd |
| E | D | |
| I've aged and aged since the f | irst page |
| E | D | |
| I read every line that you w | rote |
| E | |
| take me down take me down |
| D | |
| from the shel | f above your head |
| A | C | G | Bb | |
| and bu | ild me a ti | me where ch | arters ry | me |
| F | A | |
| and the sto | ry line is k | ind |
| SOLO |
| E | D | |
| I've lived in the left on the | shelf like the rest |
| E | D | |
| and | the epilogue reads like a sad s | ong |
| E | D | |
| please pick up your camera and | use me again |
| A | C | G | Bb | |
| and bu | ild me a ti | me when the ch | arters rym | e |
| F | A | |
| and the s | tory line is k | ind |
| E | D | E | D | E | D | A | C | G | Bb | F | A |