We Don't Go Outside Anymore
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch

[Verse]
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There’s a guy wearing shoes going door to door
C           D7         G
Looking for someone to tie ‘em. 
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There’s a woman in the sun with a head full of tears 
C           D7            G
Looking for some place to cry ‘em.
    Bm                 Am
And I’m in the hallway away from all the doors
        C           D7      G
Cause I don’t go outside anymore
       C           D7      G
No, we don’t go outside anymore


[Verse]
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Frozen in the light there’s a goose in mid flight 
      C          D7      G
Is it leaving or is it returning?
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Does this happen every night? You fly the moon like a kite. 
        C            D7               G
I can’t tell you the things I’ve been learning
    Bm              Am
I’m in the bedroom lying on my back
C                 D7              G
Stuck between the ceiling and the floor
        C           D7      G
Cause I don’t go outside anymore


[Chorus]
            Bm Bb Am           D7             G
Don’t go outside, maybe, baby, maybe we’ll survive.


[Verse]
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On the window pain there’s a memory of a stain 
       C           D7         G
From a candle that used to be burning
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The wax all disappeared. It’s somewhere in the air 
          C           D7         G
Don’t you find that a little concerning
    Bm                  Am
And I’m in a funk after breathing in that junk
     C                D7         G
It’s built up and I’m coated for sure
         C           D7      G
Cause we don’t go outside anymore


[Verse]
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There's a parade on the sidewalk, people with no faces. 
C              D7              G
Each one looks colder than the last one
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They’re all heading one direction, but they’re all from different places 
    C          D7             G
And dressed in last season’s fashion
    Bm                    Am
And I’m on the staircase, one foot in the air
  C          D7              G
Securing the deadbolt on the door
         C           D7      G
Cause we don’t go outside anymore


[Chorus]
            Bm Bb Am           D7             G
Don’t go outside, baby, maybe, maybe we’ll survive.


[Instrumental Bridge]



[Verse]
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There’s a man wearing camouflage. He wants to stand out
        C                D7           G
He also wants to let you know that he got you.
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He’s shaking his fist as he’s jumping off a cliff
C           D7               G
All because someone told him not to
    Bm              Am
And I’m on the sofa soaking in Get Back. 
   C           D7           G
Distraction is greater than cure
         C           D7      G
Cause we don’t go outside anymore


[Verse]
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See two neighbors meet. One walks across the street. 
     C                D7              G
They wave, duck their heads, and keep moving
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Don’t like the eyes on that tree, the way it’s looking at me. 
                C      D7              G
What’s all this nature think that it’s proving?
    Bm               Am
I’m in the basement scratching out these lines 
     C           D7        G
On a subject I’d like to ignore
        C           D7     G
But we don’t go outside anymore


[Chorus]
            Bm Bb Am           D7             G
Don’t go outside, baby, maybe, maybe we’ll survive.
            Bm Bb Am           D7             G
Don’t go outside, baby, maybe, maybe we’ll survive.


[Verse]
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Maybe just a step, maybe just a moment, 
C                 D7         G
Maybe just to the end of the driveway.
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Get some sunshine on our arms, we could walk around the block 
          C         D7          G
Or to the underpass over by the highway.
    Bm                   Am
Now we’re in the flowers buzzing in the field. 
       C         D7        G
The horizon with arms open wide
        C       D7          G
If you need us, we’ll be outside
       Bm   Bb     Am                  D7         G
What a nice bright thing to see at the end of the day