Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm E minorEm
Verse 1:
E minorEm
I'm sorry, friend, I have to
B minorBm
I know, I know, it's rude
E minorEm B minorBm
I shouldn't work my problems out with food
G minorGm
I'm sorry pal, I've got to
D#D# G minorGm
It's either me or you. Fight or be beaten!
G minorGm
Eat or be eaten!
F#F# DmDm
Look what it makes me do
D#D# DmDm C minorCm G#G# G+G C minorCm
It's stronger than it was and this is what the bat child does
Verse 2:
C minorCm A#A#
Deep in the cave under miles of stone, I knew no word for sad
BB C#C#
Singing to echoes and all alone, needed no mom or dad
F# minorF#m E MajorE
I'd never dreamed of the world above; I'd never seen the sky
G+G B minorBm
And yet I was content; I never wondered why
Verse 3:
C minorCm DmDm
I never knew such a word as rage. I learned that from you
D#mD#m C#C#
You locked your boy up inside a cage, and all the while you knew
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
Why bother giving me dad's old shirt, why even intervene?
A minorAm B minorBm
Why bother washing off all the dirt, if I am still unclean?
C minorCm F minorFm
You said you'd never hurt me, mom, whatever might occur!
A minorAm
So: How could you dare, Mom
A minorAm
Make me "aware", Mom
A minorAm
Teach me to care, Mom
C minorCm D MajorD
And then deny me her!
Verse 4:
G+G FF
We had a chance at happiness, blissfully unaware...
D#D# C majorC
We had a love we thought you'd bless, we didn't have a prayer
G+G
'Cause you had to come destroy our love
FF
Like everything else I had!
D#D# C majorC FF E MajorE
Yet still I am content and I am not the least bit mad
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
No, I'm not here to harm you; I only want to KILL!
Verse 5:
A#A# A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm G+G
You shall have your monster I shall drink my fill!
DmDm E minorEm F minorFm G+G
At last I am embracing my bloody destiny!
D MajorD A minorAm FF
Dear Mom and Dad, this face will be
DmDm G+G A minorAm FF
The last thing that you ever see!
DmDm G+G C minorCm A#A#
Revenge will be a home for me
G#G# F minorFm
For me
C minorCm
For ME!