The Rhyme chords by Scratch21

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Opening Tab (x2):
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14--------14--------14-----12-----12-----11-----11-----|
D|------0--0------0--0------0------0------0------0------0--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--14--------14--------14-----12-----12-----11-----11-----|
D|------0--0------0--0------0------0------0------0------0--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9--------9--------9-----11-----11-----7-----7----------|
D|-----9--9-----9--9-----9------9------9-----7-----7-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9--------9--------9-----11-----11-----6-----6----------|
D|-----9--9-----9--9-----9------9------7-----7-----7-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

Intro:
D D Em A
D D Em A


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


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

D D Em A
D D Em A

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


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


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


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


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