The Rhyme chords by Scratch21

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Opening Tab (x2):
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--14--------14--------14-----12-----12-----11-----11-----|
D MajorD|------0--0------0--0------0------0------0------0------0--|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--14--------14--------14-----12-----12-----11-----11-----|
D MajorD|------0--0------0--0------0------0------0------0------0--|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--9--------9--------9-----11-----11-----7-----7----------|
D MajorD|-----9--9-----9--9-----9------9------9-----7-----7-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--9--------9--------9-----11-----11-----6-----6----------|
D MajorD|-----9--9-----9--9-----9------9------7-----7-----7-------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------|

Intro:
D MajorD D E minorEm A augmentedA
D MajorD D E minorEm A augmentedA


Verse 1: Blake Swift:
D MajorD
Hold your breath
     D MajorD
While you watch me fall
   D MajorD
It's easier to say nothing at all
 E minorEm
I need a friend, playing pretend's not working
   A augmentedA
These pills are useless and the shadows keep lurking
D MajorD
Let me go
        D MajorD
There's nothing left inside
  D MajorD
To run and hide is all I know to survive
  E minorEm
The nightmare won't end
   E minorEm
This life grows colder
A augmentedA
Come wake me up when it's all over

Chorus:
D MajorD
Some of us made it
  D MajorD
But no one deserved it
  D MajorD
I'm silent, I'm screaming
D MajorD
Sticks and stones was
  F# minorF#m
The rhyme that they taught us
  F# minorF#m
To fight off our monsters
  F# minorF#m
To help numb the darkness
  A augmentedA
But what they forgot was
  B minorBm
Is you don't need to break my bones
  B minorBm
For you to break me
  G+G
The voices won't stop
       G+G
Don't let me be alone
B minorBm           A augmentedA       D MajorD
Please someone, I just wanna go back home

D MajorD D E minorEm A augmentedA
D MajorD D E minorEm A augmentedA

Verse 2:
D MajorD
Lock the door
      D MajorD
I'm rotting in my room
 D MajorD
I hope tomorrow doesn't come too soon
  E minorEm
My tears ran dry, my heart's suffocating
  A augmentedA
The bruises and I are slowly fading
D MajorD
Make it stop
         D MajorD
There's whispers in my head
  D MajorD
The mirrors echo everything they've said
  E minorEm
To rise and shine is so hard to do
   A augmentedA
When all the light has been taken from you


Chorus:
D MajorD
Some of us made it
  D MajorD
But no one deserved it
  D MajorD
I'm silent, I'm screaming
D MajorD
Sticks and stones was
  F# minorF#m
The rhyme that they taught us
  F# minorF#m
To fight off our monsters
  F# minorF#m
To help numb the darkness
  A augmentedA
But what they forgot was
  B minorBm
Is you don't need to break my bones
  B minorBm
For you to break me
  G+G
The voices won't stop
       G+G
Don't let me be alone
B minorBm           A augmentedA       D MajorD
Please someone, I just wanna go back home


Bridge: Shane Koyczan:
D MajorD
I remember every story they wrote on my back
          G+G
Bruises like words tattooed into my skin in blue and black ink
 A augmentedA
I remember every kitchen sink surgery
               D MajorD
Where family had to stitch me back together
D MajorD
I remember every happily ever that never came to pass
D MajorD
We didn't go to school in fairy tales
                        A augmentedA
We went to school in all the gory details of a horror story
            D MajorD
While monsters made us victims of their comedy
    A augmentedA
We, the recipients of their punch lines
     F# minorF#m        A augmentedA
They hung insults around our necks like signs
G+G         E minorEm
Inviting anyone to join in
   A augmentedA
Their words were invisible ink that they tattooed upon our skin


Chorus: Blake Swift:
D MajorD
Some of us made it
  D MajorD
But no one deserved it
  D MajorD
I'm silent, I'm screaming
D MajorD
Sticks and stones was
  F# minorF#m
The rhyme that they taught us
  F# minorF#m
To fight off our monsters
  F# minorF#m
To help numb the darkness
  A augmentedA
But what they forgot was
  B minorBm
Is you don't need to break my bones
  B minorBm
For you to break me
  G+G
The voices won't stop
       G+G
Don't let me be alone
B minorBm           A augmentedA       D MajorD
Please someone, I just wanna go back (home)


Outro:
 D MajorD
I know that I'm stronger
    D MajorD
Broken heart of a fighter
  D MajorD
My scars remind me that I'm a survivor
   F# minorF#m
This life is a tough game and I don't wanna play it
  A augmentedA
I'm reaching for a hand
A augmentedA
Help me make it
  B minorBm
But it's too much so I give up
   B minorBm
Just please don't hate me
  G+G
My letter's on the pillow with a kiss goodbye
  B minorBm       A augmentedA       D MajorD
I'm sorry mom but I promise that I tried