Chords with lyrics
Intro:
E MajorE E MajorE C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
Verse 1:
E MajorE
Well, all my life
E MajorE
I have been smothered
C# minorC#m
By grandmas and grandpas
BB A augmentedA
Aunts and uncles, and my mother
E MajorE
And all your life
E MajorE
You have been fighting
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
For just a moment of what I get every day
C# minorC#m BB
'Cause you never knew love without condition
A augmentedA BB
No one to fight for you or make you feel secure
C# minorC#m BB
Now you're searching for a quick fix to a lifelong wound
F# minorF#m E MajorE BB
But cancer can't be healed in a drug store
Chorus:
E MajorE
You're runnin' around with open wounds
G# minorG#m
Thinking that from pain you're immune
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
Bleeding on the ones who try loving you
E MajorE
You do everything you can to dismiss
G# minorG#m
That little boy who always wished
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
He had a father he could call his
Verse 2:
E MajorE
Well, all my life
G# minorG#m
I have hated people like you
C# minorC#m
Who will never know
BB A augmentedA
What it means to starve for love
E MajorE
And all your life
G# minorG#m
You have taken for granted
c#m BB A augmentedA
A majorA gift I may go all my years and never know
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m
'Cause you never knew begging for affection
E MajorE AsusAsus BB
You never had to prove that you were worthy of their time
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m
Now you're wondering why I can't accept your loving
F# minorF#m E MajorE BB
But I don't know what loving is without a fight
Chorus:
E MajorE
Well, I'm running around, all scratched and bruised
G# minorG#m
Repeating patterns of abuse
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
Spreading hurt so they can feel pain, too, mmm
E MajorE
I do everything I can to deny
G# minorG#m
That little girl who always tried
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
To prove to them that she was worth their time
E MajorE
Well, you're running round with open wounds
G# minorG#m
Thinking that from pain you're immune
C# minorC#m BB F# minorF#m
Bleeding on the ones who try loving you, woah
E MajorE
I do everything I can to deny
BB
That little girl who always tried
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
To prove to them that she was worth their time