Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Tab pattern:
e|-----------|
BB|-x---------|
G+G|---------x-|
D MajorD|-----x-----|
A augmentedA|-x-x---x---|
E MajorE|-----------|
🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC
Excuse me
E minorEm
I need you to believe me
FF
In order to convince myself
F minorFm
I need to convince someone else
C majorC
Excuse me
E minorEm
It’s a matter of my safety
FF
You can tell me that I’m crazy just
F minorFm
Don’t tell me it’s not real
C majorC
Excuse me
E minorEm
Would you lend me your opinion
FF
There’s nothing wrong as far as I can tell
F minorFm
How’s it possible this feels like hell?
C majorC
Excuse me
E minorEm
I’m not so certain that I’m worthy
FF
Don’t mean to ask for help I don’t deserve
F minorFm
So many peoplе have it worse
🎸 Chorus 1:
C majorC
But I
E MajorE
Have run out of things to try
FF
Whеn I say how I’ve been feeling
F minorFm
I see the doubt in people’s eyes
C majorC
And pain
E MajorE
Feels a thousand times more dangerous
FF
When I can’t say for certain
F minorFm
Why exactly I am hurting
C majorC
And that’s why
E MajorE
I need you to believe me
FF
You might not think it’s real
F minorFm
But this can’t be how I’m supposed to feel
C majorC
I owe my thanks
E MajorE
To the people that believed me
FF
I can’t prove the things I feel
F minorFm
But they still trusted they were real
🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC
It was so soothing
E minorEm
To find out I’m not a loser
FF
I have a weight that no one else can see
F minorFm
Won’t compare myself to healthy people
C majorC
I keep healing
E minorEm
As I say what I’ve been feeling
FF
Stop saying we all feel that way
F minorFm
When you’ve never thought you might not stay
C majorC
It’s not weakness
E minorEm
To start spilling all your secrets
FF
And start telling people I need help
F minorFm
I no longer cannot hurt myself
C majorC
It’s not strong to
E minorEm
Just pretend there’s nothing wrong you
FF
Will be the hero in your story when
F minorFm
You start letting other people in
C majorC
I think it’s brave
E minorEm
I think that lives just might be saved
FF
When people talk about their pain out loud
F minorFm
No more things that we don’t talk about
C majorC
Though in the end
E minorEm
All my burdens are my own
FF
I can feel them getting lighter when
F minorFm
I talk about them with my friends
🎸 Chorus 2:
C majorC
Now I
E MajorE
Have a couple things to try
FF
I have a name for what I’m feeling
F minorFm
I can finally see it clearly
C majorC
And pain
E MajorE
Feels a thousand times less dangerous
FF
When I can say for certain
F minorFm
This is real but I am worth it
C majorC
‘Cause war
E MajorE
A augmentedA war cannot be won
FF
If the soldiers always question
F minorFm
Is this enemy imagined
C majorC
Now I
E MajorE
Know a couple things to try
FF
To conquer silent pain
F minorFm
You gotta look it in the eye
C majorC
And call it by its name
🎸 Outro:
E MajorE FF F minorFm C majorC