Cause It Hurts chords by Alec Benjamin

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Alec Benjamin - Cause it Hurts (OLD DEMO)


Verse 1:
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I had a friend I knew in the ninth grade
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And he didn't come to class?one?day
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'Cause they found something inside his brain
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so they?sent him home
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So I went to see him after school
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I?said "Is?there something I?can do that
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Might make you feel more comfortable?"
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And he told me "No"

Pre-Chorus:
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He said "I'm happy that you made it,
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please don't treat me like your patient
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I don't need more medication," mmm


Chorus:
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The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
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So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
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'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt
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The only way I know that I'm alive,
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that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
                  Dm F Am
Is 'cause it hurts


Verse 2:
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And I won't forget the things he said
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Every time I start to feel depressed
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To be grateful that I still have breath down inside my lungs
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'Cause without the darkness there's no light
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And without the pain there'd be no life so
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Even when it hurts inside I won't try to run


Pre-Chorus:
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I'll be happy that I made it,
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I'll be open, I'll embrace it
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I won't take no medication, mmm


Chorus:
    Dm         F             Am                      G
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
   Dm            F             Am                     G
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
       Dm            F                Am                 G
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt
    Dm         F             Am
The only way I know that I'm alive,
               G                 Dm  F Am
that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
                  Dm  F Am G
Is 'cause it hurts
    Dm         F             Am
The only way I know that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts
   Dm            F             Am
So anything that takes away my pain will make it worse
       Dm            F                Am
'Cause if I'm numb I might as well be underneath the dirt, mmm
    Dm         F             Am
The only way I know that I'm alive,
                                 Dm F Am G
that I'm alive is 'cause it hurts

Outro:

                  Dm F Am G
Is 'cause it hurts
                  Dm F Am G
Is 'cause it hurts
                  Dm F Am G
Is 'cause it hurts
                  Dm F Am G Dm
Is 'cause it hurts