Beating Me Up chords by Rachel Platten

Chords with lyrics

Intro: B, E, F#, G# minorG#m

Verse 1:
  BB             E MajorE
We threw words like they were sharp knives
       F#F#       G# minorG#m
Fell like we tripped over a landmine
      BB            E MajorE
You said we lost love, you made your mind up
      F#F#         G# minorG#m
And I just got quiet, my body went numb

Pre-chorus:
  E MajorE          BB
And I pretend that I can handle it
     F#F#            G# minorG#m
And if I hold my head up, I won't drown
E MajorE               BB
Can't let go, you're like the chemical
       F#F#            G# minorG#m
You're racing through me, my heart just pounds, pounds, pounds

Chorus:
       BB
It's getting louder and louder
F#F#
 Every time I think
 G# minorG#m
About you, about you
E MajorE
I'll be better off
  BB
Without you, without you
F#F#
 I wish my heart would stop
G# minorG#m
 I wish my heart would stop
E MajorE
 Beating me up
BB
 (Woah, woah)
 F#F#
(Woah) Beating me up
G# minorG#m
 (Woah, woah)
 E MajorE
(Woah) Beating me up

*1 bar rest or hold E*

Verse 2:
    BB         E MajorE
You've moved on, I know I should too
      F#F#           G# minorG#m
My cuts are all gone, my pain feels brand new
        BB            E MajorE
Who turned the lights down? Who took my flashlight?
      F#F#            G# minorG#m
Why does my heart sound like it might burst tonight?

Chorus:
       BB
It's getting louder and louder
F#F#
 Every time I think
 G# minorG#m
About you, about you
E MajorE
I'll be better off
  BB
Without you, without you
F#F#
 I wish my heart would stop
G# minorG#m
 I wish my heart would stop
E MajorE
 Beating me up
BB
 (Woah, woah)
 F#F#
(Woah) Beating me up
G# minorG#m
 (Woah, woah)
 E MajorE
(Woah) Beating me up
BB
 (Woah, woah)
 F#F#
(Woah) I wish my heart would stop
G# minorG#m
 (Woah, woah) I wish my heart would stop
 E MajorE
(Woah)

Bridge:
BB     F#F#
 I won't let you get the best of me
G# minorG#m      E MajorE
 How'd my heart become my enemy?
BB     F#F#
 I won't let you get the best of me
G# minorG#m      E MajorE
 How'd my heart become my enemy?
BB              F#F#
 (Beating me up, beating me up...)
G# minorG#m             E MajorE
 (Beating me up, beating me up...)

Chorus:
       BB
It's getting louder (louder)
F#F#
 Every time I think
 G# minorG#m
About you (about you)
E MajorE
 I'll be better off
  BB
Without you (without you)
F#F#
 I wish my heart would stop
G# minorG#m
 I wish my heart would stop
E MajorE
 Beating me up
BB
 (Woah, woah)
 F#F#
(Woah) Beating me up
G# minorG#m
 (Woah, woah)
 E MajorE
(Woah) Beating me up
BB
 (Woah, woah)
 F#F#
(Woah) I wish my heart would
G# minorG#m
 (Woah, woah) I wish my heart would stop
 E MajorE
(Woah) Beating me up

Outro:
BB
 (Uh dun dun dun... Uh dun dun dun)
F#F#
 (Uh dun dun... Uh dun dun dun)
G# minorG#m
 (Dun dun dun... Uh dun dun dun)
E MajorE
 Beating me up

End on BB