Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
F minorFm A#mA#m
It was like waking from a bad dream
Eb MajorEb G#G# C majorC
All that screaming in the past
F minorFm
And now I know things
A#mA#m
ain’t what they seem
Eb MajorEb G#G#
This old dream is gonna last a
C majorC
long time
C#C#
Was it something
C majorC
that I could have said?
C#C#
Mama change your mind
C majorC
Get out of your head
Chorus:
F minorFm A#mA#m
I could never be your enemy (enemy enemy)
Eb MajorEb
But now I just can’t be your
G#G# C majorC
friend
F minorFm A#mA#m
Now I see you’ll be the end of me (enemy enemy)
Eb MajorEb G#G# C majorC
If I don’t try and defend myself
C#C# C majorC
Oooh 3x
Verse 2:
F minorFm
The sun is out
A#mA#m
I hear the children play
Eb MajorEb
They clutch their clarinets as
G#G# C majorC
the bus takes them away
F minorFm
The concrete’s burning
A#mA#m
in the winter time
Eb MajorEb
they don’t believe me
G#G# C majorC
there’s no reason to your rhyme
C#C#
they said that up
C majorC
is down instead
C#C# C majorC
Daddy how did you get that in your head?
Chorus:
F minorFm A#mA#m
I could never be your enemy (enemy enemy)
Eb MajorEb
But now I just can’t be your
G#G# C majorC
friend
F minorFm A#mA#m
Now I see you’ll be the end of me (enemy enemy)
Eb MajorEb G#G# C majorC
If I don’t try and defend myself
C#C# C majorC
Oooh 3x
Verse 3:
F minorFm A#mA#m
Hold your honey close It’s going down
Eb MajorEb
They made him king
G#G# C majorC
But they forgot the crown
F minorFm
Please pass the salt
A#mA#m
But don’t you say a word
Eb MajorEb
Jump in the lion’s den
G#G# ? C majorC
There’s gonna be a fight on
C#C#
Mama taught me
C majorC
right from wrong
C#C# C majorC
But we’ve been strangers all
along
Chorus:
F minorFm A#mA#m
I could never be your enemy (enemy enemy)
Eb MajorEb
But now I just can’t be your
G#G# C majorC
friend
F minorFm A#mA#m
Now I see you’ll be the end of me (enemy enemy)
Eb MajorEb G#G# C majorC
If I don’t try and defend myself
C#C# C majorC
Oooh 3x
Written by: Zach Lupetin, Liz Beebe, Daniel Mark, Connor Vance, Ulf Bjorlin, Josh Heffernan, Matt Rubin