F#m Bm As I walk through the streets of my new city E A my back feeling much better, I suppose F#m Bm I've reclaimed the use of my imagination E A for better or for worse, I've yet to know F#m Bm But I always knew you'd be the one to understand me, E A I guess that's why it took so long to get things right. F#m Suddenly I'm lost Bm On my street, on my block E Oh why, oh why A D Oh why haven't you been there for me? E A Can't you see, I'm losing my mind this time? F#m Bm This time I think it's for real, I can see E All the treetops turning red The beggars near bodegas grin at me I think they want something E I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe [Chorus] A And be calm. Be calm. D A I know you feel like you are breaking down. F#m Bm D Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes. E Be calm. [Verse 2] F#m Bm I'm scared that everyone is out to get me. E A "These days before you speak to me you pause." F#m Bm "I always see you looking out your window." E A "After all, you lost your band, you left your mom." F#m Bm Now every single crack, every penny that I pass, E A says I should either leave or pick it up F#m But with every single buck I've made Bm I'm saddled with bad luck that came E the moment I was baptized E or when I found out one day I'm gonna die If only I could find my people or my place in life Then when they come a-carolin' so loud, so bright, the theremin will lead us to a chorus E where we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes: [Chorus] A Oh, be calm. Be calm. D A I know you feel like you are breaking down. F#m Bm D Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes. E Be calm. A C#m Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times. F#m You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive Bm and everything's wrong D Bm It just gets so hard sometimes E Be calm. [Verse 3] F#m E C#m Bm I don't remember much that night, A E A E Just walking, thinking fondly of you F#m E C#m Bm A Thinking that the worst is yet to come E A E A From that street corner came a song A5 B5 C#5 D And I can't re - member the man, E A E/G# The panhandler or his melody. F#m E C#m Bm E The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee. [Chorus] A And be calm. Be calm. D A I know you feel like you are breaking down. F#m Bm D Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes. E Be calm. A C#m Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times. F#m You hate your pulse because it still thinks you're alive Bm and everything's wrong D Bm It just gets so hard sometimes Dm C#m F#m Be calm. Be calm.