Tuning: Drop C# (Drop D, half step down)
Forgive the chord names, I tried to keep it simple.
A G# D# F F2 F3 E C#(h) C# C B A#
eb|---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-10--10--5---8--7--5---5---14-------(14)-(14)------------|
G#|-8---8---3---5--5--5---3---12----0---12---12---10--------|
C#|-8---7---2---5--5--5---3---12----0---11---10---9---------|
A G# D#
So is it courage or strength
F F2 F3
and is that what I'm waiting for?
A G# D#
If I could just kill myself
F F2 F3
would it also kill the remorse?
A G# D#
I wanted so badly to catch a break
F F2 F3
but I'm only breaking down.
A G#
I'm still here and standing
D#
but if it's up to me
F F2 F3 A G# D#
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus:
E
The drink slips down my throat
G#
and the burn cures nice and slow.
F D#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
E
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
C#(h)
Just a kid without a better plan.
G# F
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
D#
I never got to see the west coast
A C# A C# A C# D#
A C# A C# A C# D#
A G# D#
Spent my nights just asking why
F F2 F3
Would God let me become like this.
A G# D#
Was it a joke from the start?
F F2 F3
Was I suppose to laugh more at it?
A G# D#
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
F F2 F3
but their words make me feel so alone.
A G# D#
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
F F2 F3
in the middle of the night.
A G# D#
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.
Chrous
A C# A C# A C# D#
C#(h)
But it's the life I dreamed I'd have
C
The love I've found in my grasp
B A#
The words I could share with someone.
C#(h)
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
C
That tomorrow my hope will become
B A#
to feel a love that can't be undone.
A G# D#
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
A C# A C# A C# D#
End on A
