Friendleader Ukulele chords by Phemiec

• 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…