Kate Miller-Heidke - Caught in the crowd

There was a ^Cguy at my school when^Am I was in high school We'd ^Fride side by side in the ^Cmorning on our bicycles ^CNever even spoken or ^Amfaced each other But on the ^Flast hill we'd ^Crace each other

When we ^Creached the racks we'd each ^Amgo our own way I ^Fwasn't in his classes, I ^Cdidn't know his name When we ^Cfinally got to speak he just ^Amstared at his feet And ^Fmumbled a sentence that^C ended with 'James'

^CI was young and ^Amcaught in the crowd ^FI didn't know then what ^CI know now ^CI was dumb, and ^AmI was proud and I'm ^Fsorry^{C C}If I could go back ^Amdo it again ^FI'd be someone ^Cyou could call friend ^CPlease plea^Amse believe that I'm ^Fsorry^C

Well he was ^Cquite a big guy, kinda ^Amshy and quiet When the ^Fkids called him weird he didn't ^Ctry to deny it Every ^Clunchtime he'd spend ^Amwalking by himself Round the ^Fboundary of the grounds til he ^Cheard the bell

Well ^Cone day I found him, ^Amjoined him on his walk We were ^Fsilent for a while until we^C started to talk I t^Cold him my family were ^Amfighting in court He ^Fsaid his step-dad and^C him always fought

We ^Ctalked about music, ^Amhe was into punk ^FTold me all the bands that I ^Cliked were junk I ^Csaid I'd never heard the ^Amsongs the sex pistols sang I ^Flaughed back at him and ^Cthen the bell rang

^CI was young and ^Amcaught in the crowd ^FI didn't know then what ^CI know now ^CI was dumb, and ^AmI was proud and I'm ^Fsorry^{C C}If I could go back ^Amdo it again ^FI'd be someone ^Cyou could call friend ^CPlease plea^Amse believe that I'm ^Fsorry^C

It was ^Cafter school in the ^Amafternoon The ^Fcorridors were crowded as we ^Ccame out of the rooms Three^C guys I knew pushed him ^Aminto the cement Th^Frew away his bag and sa^Cid he had no friends

He y^Celled that he did and he ^Amlooked around ^FTried getting up but they ^Cpushed him on down ^CThat's when he saw me, ^Amcalled out my^F name ^C

And I ^Cturned my back^Am, and just ^Fwalked ^Caway Yeah I^C turned my bac^Amk, and just^F walked^C away

^CI was young and ^Amcaught in the crowd ^FI didn't know then what ^CI know now ^CI was dumb, and ^AmI was proud and I'm ^Fsorry^{C C}If I could go back ^Amdo it again ^FI'd be someone ^Cyou could call friend ^CPlease plea^Amse believe that I'm ^Fsorry^{C C}Please, ple^Amase believe that I’^Fm sor^Cry