Ben Platt - Waving Through A Window

(from “Dear Evan Hansen” soundtrack)

Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro]

G Em/G G
G Em/G G

[Verse 1]

G Em/G G Em/G G
I’ve learned to slam on the brake
G Em/G G Em/G G
Before I even turn the key
G Em/G G Em/G G
Before I make the mistake
G Em/G G Em/G G
Before I lead with the worst of me
G Em/G G Em/G G
Give them no reason to stare
G Em/G G Em/G G
No slipping up if you slip away
G Em/G G Em/G G
So I got nothing to share
G Em/G G Em/G G
No I’ve got nothing to say

[Pre-Chorus]

Em C
Step out, step out of the sun
G D
If you keep getting burned
Em C
Step out, step out of the sun
G
Because you’ve learned
D
Because you’ve learned

[Chorus]

Em
On the outside
C
Always looking in
G D
Will I ever be more than I’ve always been?
Em C
Cause I’m tap, tap, tapping on the glass
G D
I’m waving through a window
Em C
I try to speak but nobody can hear
G D
So I wait around for an answer to appear
Em C
While I’m watch, watch, watching people pass
G D Em
I’m waving through a window
D
Can anybody see?
G C
Is anybody waving back at me?

G D

[Verse 2]

G
We start with stars in our eyes
C D
We start believing that we belong
Bm D
But every sun doesn’t rise
G C D
And nobody tells you where you went wrong

[Pre-Chorus]

Em C
Step out, step out of the sun
G D
If you keep getting burned
Em C
Step out, step out of the sun
G
Because you’ve learned
D
Because you’ve learned

[Chorus]

Em
On the outside
C
Always looking in
G D
Will I ever be more than I’ve always been?
Em C
Cause I’m tap, tap, tapping on the glass
G D
I’m waving through a window
Em C
I try to speak but nobody can hear
G D
So I wait around for an answer to appear
Em C
While I’m watch, watch, watching people pass
G D Em
I’m waving through a window
D
Can anybody see?

Is anybody waving?

[Interlude]

G D Em C
When you’ve fallen in a forest, and there’s nobody around
G D Em C
do you ever really crash or even make a sound?
(x4)

[Bridge]

Em C
Did I even make a sound?
G D
Did I even make a sound?
Em C
It’s like I never made a sound
G
Will I ever make a sound?

[Chorus]

Fm
On the outside
Db
Always looking in
Ab Eb
Will I ever be more than I’ve always been?
Fm Db
Cause I’m tap, tap, tapping on the glass
Ab Eb
I’m waving through a window
Fm Db
I try to speak but nobody can hear
Ab Eb
So I wait around for an answer to appear
Fm Db
While I’m watch, watch, watching people pass
Ab Eb Fm
I’m waving through a window
Eb
Can anybody see?
Ab
Is anybody waving back at me?
Db Eb Fm Eb
Is anybody waving waving waving?
Db Ab
Whoa whoa