Intro + Chorus Verse
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A x022xx A 577xxx
E 0221xx F#m 24422x
Bm x244xx E 02210x
D xx023x D xx023x
(Root-5 power chord notation dropped for ease of reading)
[Intro]
A E Bm D
A E Bm D
[Verse 1]
A
I could never own up
A
I need to speak up
A
I don't want to grow up
A
Don't want to end up
F#m E D
Caught in a landslide with the other side
A
Living for the paycheck
A
Dying for the weekend
A
Take another Xanax
A
Cheating on your girlfriend
F#m E D
Taking your last breath, counting down the time
[Chorus 1]
A
Don't tell me it's too late
E
I'm stuck in heaven's gate
Bm D
Strike a match and start a wildfire
A
I'll own all my mistakes
E
Won't give you what you take
Bm D
Watch you burning in the wildfire
A E Bm D
[Verse 2]
A
They said I'd never make it (watching me fall)
A
All the time I wasted (learning to)
F#m E D
Crawl from the ashes as this world comes crashing down
[Chorus 2]
A
Don't tell me it's too late
E
I'm stuck in heaven's gate
Bm D
Strike a match and start a wildfire
A
I'll own all my mistakes
E
Won't give you what you take
Bm D
Watch you burning in the wildfire
[Bridge]
A E F#m
We won this war, we cursed and swore
E
They stood no chance at all (the underdogs came home)
A E F#
We won this war, we cursed and swore
E
They stood no chance at all
[Outro]
A E Bm D
A
I don't forget, I don't forgive
E
I'll never change the way I live
Bm D
I always fought the urge to fall in line
A
I turned my back on all the rules
E
I'll never heed the king of fools
Bm D
I'll never lead the perfect kind of life
A
I don't forget, I don't forgive
(we won this)
E
I'll never change the way I live
(war, we cursed and)
Bm D
I always fought the urge to fall in line
(swore, they stood no chance at all)
A
I turned my back on all the rules
(we won this)
E
I'll never heed the king of fools
(war, we cursed and)
Bm D
I'll never lead the perfect kind of life
(swore, they stood no chance at all)
N.C.
The underdogs came home
