Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G (x4)
(Strum pattern changes)
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G (x2)
Verse 1:
A minorAm FF
Too many friends are asleep inside pine boxes
C majorC
Suicide by abuse of a toxins
G+G
Cause it’s easier to run away
A minorAm
Then to deal with the bullshit of the day to day
FF
And I really can’t blame you
C majorC
Most days it’s hard to find a scrap of hope
G+G
Should’ve been there to help you cope, but I was locked up in the brig of the same damn boat
Chorus:
A minorAm
Why should I sugarcoat it
FF
We’re all gonna die
C majorC
If we escape the coarse easily coerced
G+G
I guarantee next time
A minorAm FF
I see you you’ll be strapped down to a bed
C majorC
All cloaked in white
G+G
Rotting from the inside out beneath fluorescent lights
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
So, for the love of god do as I say not as I do
FF G+G
I may not care about myself, but I care about you
A minorAm FF C majorC
Kid I’ve been there and I’ve done that
G+G A minorAm
It ain’t pretty it ain’t worth it
FF G+G
So trust me stay the fuck away and you’ll be o-kay
Instrumental:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G x2
Verse 2:
A minorAm FF
These lives are only ours to live
C majorC
These sins are just ours to forgive
This stigma might wear thin
G+G
A augmentedA life in pain, a love in vain
The veins & skin all weathered from a pin
A minorAm
You never felt desire, might cast your soul on fire
FF
You can’t understand their fear, ____ you refuse see them clearer
C majorC
Victims of this crooked game, (all) trapped inside a world insane,
G+G
You cast aside, mere shadows in a funhouse mirror
Chorus:
A minorAm
Why should I sugarcoat it
FF
We’re all gonna die
C majorC
If we escape the coarse easily coerced
G+G
I guarantee next time
A minorAm FF
I see you you’ll be strapped down to a bed
C majorC
All cloaked in white
G+G
Rotting from the inside out beneath fluorescent lights
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
So, for the love of god do as I say not as I do
FF G+G
I may not care about myself, but I care about you
A minorAm FF C majorC
Kid I’ve been there and I’ve done that
G+G A minorAm
It ain’t pretty it ain’t worth it
FF G+G
So trust me stay the fuck away
And you’ll be o-kay
Instrumental:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G (x4)
(Strumming changes)
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G (x2)
Bridge:
A minorAm FF
Life’s a minefield a treacherous road
C majorC G+G
Call me selfish but I don’t want to travel it alone
A minorAm FF
So burn the crutches and mend the bones
C majorC G+G
Cause we’ve still got so many miles to go
Verse 3:
A minorAm FF
Stay awake stay alive
C majorC
we've been building our demons
G+G
through the comfort of lies
A minorAm
with injections and bottles
FF
we poison the mind
C majorC
but don't crumble beneath
G+G
stay awake stay alive
A minorAm FF
Life’s a minefield a treacherous road
C majorC G+G
Call me selfish but I don’t want to travel it alone
A minorAm FF
So burn the crutches and mend the bones
C majorC G+G
Cause we’ve still got so many miles to go
A minorAm FF
Stay awake stay alive
C majorC G+G
think of all of us here left behind
A minorAm
I know it's painful
FF
the sickness contrived
C majorC
but you're stronger than you know
G+G
so put up a fight?
Outro:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G (x2)