* = strum once


[Verse 1]
             
Where do the b

              
oys go when it

      
 gets cold out
              
Do they have a

 
 place to slee

p?
             
  Where did th

         
eir mums go? D

           
id they get ta

ken
              
Or had they ha

  
d enough of ta

king care of t

hings?
             
  It's hard to

         
 say if someon

       
e's at fault
             
  If I don't d

         
o anything is 

      
it my fault?


[Verse 2]
             
Where do the g

              
irls go when t

         
hey feel frigh

tened
              
Do they have s

    
ome-thing to e

at?
             
  Where did th

         
eir dads go? D

            
id they get ta

ken
              
Or had they ha

  
d enough of ta

king care of t

hings?


[Pre-chorus]
             
  I've gotta f

         
ind a way to m

            
ake this feel 

  
o-kay
             
When rock bott

              
om for me is r

         
outine for som

     
eone else


[Chorus]
              
I'm gonna take

             
 care of thing

   
s
            
There's things

              
 I need to sor

  
t out
              
I'm gonna take

             
 care of thing

   
s
              
Cause they're 

            
not where I wa

              
nt them right 

 
now
              
I know there's

             
 good in every

 
-thing
              
And it'll show

            
 it-self when 

              
you're gentle 


to it
             
I'm gonna take

       
 care of thing

   
s


[Verse 3]
             
Where does my 

              
mind go when i

      
t gets stupid?
         
Is there anyon

e in there?
             
  Where did my

         
 friends go? D

            
id they get ta

ken
              
Or had they ha

  
d enough of go

ing to therapy

?


[Bridge]
          
  Sat in a col

            
d room, The co

           
rners feel fri

endly
              
I think they'l

       
l take care of

 me
             
  My brothers 

         
are circles, M

          
y sisters quad

rilaterals
              
And they're al

  
l so pretty


[Chorus]
              
I'm gonna take

             
 care of thing

  
s
            
There's things

              
 I need to sor

  
t out
              
I'm gonna take

        
 care of thing

s
            
They're not wh

              
ere I need the

        
m right now
              
I know there's

             
 good in every

 
-thing
              
And it'll show

            
 it-self when 

              
you're gentle 


to it
             
I'm gonna take

       
 care of thing

  
s


[Outro]
              
I'm gonna take

   
 care of thing

s