Chords with lyrics
🎸 Verse 1:
F minorFm G+G
I chained my ghost up in a basement
G minorGm C majorC
Six feet back behind my eyes
F minorFm G+G
Some nights I think this house is gonna cave in
G minorGm C majorC
Rejection has me terrified
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F minorFm G+G
Now I hang from a wooden frame
G minorGm
It keeps the crows away
C majorC
This is where I'm safe
F minorFm G+G
Made of straw and a funny face
G minorGm C majorC
Turns out being fake can be a saving grace
🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm C majorC
You can't kill me if I'm already dead
G+G G minorGm
Buried alive by the things that they've said
C majorC
I killed myself but no one knows
G+G
You're not talking to me;
B minorBm
You're talking to a scarecrow!
F minorFm C majorC
Who I A minorAm only put me through hell
G+G G minorGm
I'm bulletproof when I'm somebody else
C majorC
I killed myself but no one knows
G+G
You're not talking to me;
B minorBm
You're talking to a scarecrow!
🎸 Verse 2:
F minorFm G+G
I hid my heart up in the attic
G minorGm C majorC
Stuck pieces deep inside these walls
F minorFm G+G
For every time I was ignored or called dramatic
G minorGm C majorC
I'm only safe feeling nothing at all
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F minorFm G+G
Now I hang from a wooden frame
G minorGm C majorC
It keeps the crows away
F minorFm
I'm better off insane
G+G
I cut the skin to make a brand new face
G minorGm
'Cause back when I was me
C majorC
I lived to be replaced
🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm C majorC
You can't kill me if I'm already dead
G+G G minorGm
Buried alive by the things that they've said
C majorC
I killed myself but no one knows
G+G
You're not talking to me;
B minorBm
You're talking to a scarecrow!
F minorFm C majorC
Who I A minorAm only put me through hell
G+G G minorGm
I'm bulletproof when I'm somebody else
C majorC
I killed myself but no one knows
G+G
You're not talking to me;
B minorBm
You're talking to a scarecrow!
🎸 Bridge:
F minorFm
Secret suicide
But no one can tell
G+G
'Cause I'm just terrified of being myself
G minorGm
The real me's inside
But no one can tell
C majorC
'Cause disappearing hurts less
Than asking for help
Instrumental 🎸 Break:
F minorFm C majorC G+G G minorGm
C majorC G+G B minorBm
🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm C majorC
You can't kill me if I'm already dead
G+G G minorGm
Buried alive by the things that they've said
C majorC
I killed myself but no one knows
G+G
You're not talking to me;
B minorBm
You're talking to a scarecrow!
F minorFm
Who I A minorAm only put me through hell (put me through hell)
G+G
I'm bulletproof when I'm somebody else (somebody else)
G minorGm
I killed myself but no one knows
C majorC
You're not talking to me;
G minorGm
You're talking to a scarecrow!
🎸 Outro:
F minorFm G+G
You can't kill me if I'm already dead
G minorGm C majorC B minorBm
You can't kill me if I'm already dead