Note: to play the chorus correctly and simulate the piano playing, keep the G on the third fret of the high e string fretted with your pinky. This makes the chords G major, Am7, Fadd9, and C major. I also suggest playing a Hendrix Fadd9, so wrap your thumb and play 1st fret low E string. The strum pattern for Intro/Verse/Transition is picked for the downs and strummed for the ups. I suggest picking the A and D strings, and then up strum. [Intro] Am C D Am C D [Verse 1] Am C D Am C D Am I hurt myself today to see if I still feel C D Am C D Am I focus on the pain the only thing that's real C D Am C D Am The needle tears a hole the old familiar sting C D Am C D G Try to kill it all away but I remember everything [Chorus] Am F C G What have I become? My sweetest friend Am F C G Everyone I know goes away in the end Am F G G And you could have it all My empire of dirt Am F G Am I will let you down I will make you hurt [Transition] Am C D Am C D [Verse 2] Am C D Am C D Am I wear this crown of thorns upon my liars chair C D Am C D Am Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair C D Am C D Am Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappears C D Am C D G You are someone else I am still right here [Chorus 2] Am F C G What have I become? My sweetest friend Am F C G Everyone I know goes away in the end Am F G G And you could have it all My empire of dirt Am F G G I will let you down I will make you hurt Am F G G If I could start again a million miles away Am F G I would keep myself I would find a way