Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Intro:
F6 Gm
Verse:
F6 Gm
There will be no soft sounds this time
F6 F
no arms, not mine at least
F6 Gm
should’ve expect this, I guess,
F6 F
no “shh” can sooth your beast
F6 Gm
and it was my problem once,
F6 F
that violence inside your eyes
F6 Gm
bright red and high with death and pie,
F6 F
and rage that never dies
F6 Gm F6 Gm
and I used to blame myself, then I blamed everybody else, but never you
Gm F
cause you were just a messed up kid,
Gm F
who’d step in it, get scared and sit,
Gm F6 Gm
and pray for goats and gods who would know what to forbid
F6 Gm F6 Gm
and when you would reach out, well I’d run my big mean mouth and make it worse
Gm F
And maybe I deserve that hurt,
Gm F
destruction of my universe,
Gm F6 Gm
so if you’ve gotta beat somebody up don’t make it her.
Verse:
F6 Gm F6 Gm
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader anymore.
F6 Gm F6
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader.
Gm
Not a leader.
F6 Gm
Not a leader, friend.
F6 Gm
Verse:
F6 Gm F6 F
No more attempts to make you see, I tried, he succeeded, oh well
F6 Gm F6 F
but what I can say to a girl who’d play with a noose of excuses until
F6 Gm F6 F
her big wicked grin disappears in the smoke, and crack goes the rope pulled true
F6 Gm F6 F
I know enough about doubt, and hating myself, to tell that you now know it too
Chorus:
F6 Gm F6 Gm
and I used to blame myself, then I blamed everybody else, including you
Gm F
but you were perfect as you were
Gm F
all angled out, a blinding blur
Gm F6 Gm
so bright and beautiful, and clever, yeah for sure
F6 Gm F6 Gm
But when you would reach out, well I’d run my big mean mouth and make a mess
Gm F Gm
And now it’s my turn to confess
Gm F Gm
I wasn’t there, I didn’t guess
F6 Gm
that you were slipping, ‘till you tripped right off the edge
F6 Gm F6 Gm
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader anymore.
F6 Gm F6
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader.
Gm
Not a leader.
F6 Gm
Not a leader…. (no more, I’m not a leader any more, no more!)
Verse:
F6 Gm
Said a thousands words but they never helped
Gm F
I hid my scars from you out of shame
F6 Gm
Took up the cause, Yeah I took the helm
Gm F
But I’m not the only one who’s changed
F6 Gm
I knew you first, I knew you best
Gm F
I wish I’d stopped it way back then
F6 Gm
when things were bad, but they still made sense
Gm F
when we were kids, when we were friends.
F6 Gm Gm F F6 Gm Gm F
Friendleaders Friendleaders…