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Cancer by twenty one pilots
D------2220:
F#m----2120:
Bm-----4222:
G------0232:
F#-----6664:
A------2100:
Gm-----0231:
Daug---3221:
D7-----2223:
E7-----1202:
D5-----2255:
Intro:
D
Verse 1:
D F#m Bm
Turn away... if you could get me a drink
G
Of water 'cause my lips are chapped and faded
D F#m Bm
Call my aunt Marie... help her gather all my things
G
And bury me in all my favorite colors
G F# D
My sisters and my brothers, still
F# Bm
I will not kiss you
G A D
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
D
(My sisters and my brothers, still)
Chorus:
D
I will not kiss you (turn away)
A
Lips are chapped and faded
Bm
Call my (turn away)
G
Lips are chapped and faded, faded
D
Kiss you (turn away)
A
Lips are chapped and faded
Bm
Call my (turn away)
Gm
Lips are chapped and faded, faded
Verse 2:
D F#m Bm
Turn away... 'cause I'm awful just to see
G
And all my hairs abandoned all my body
D F#m Bm
All my agony... know that I will never marry
G
Baby, I'm just soggy from the chemo
G F# D
I'm counting down the days to go
F# Bm
This just ain't livin'
G A
And I just hope you know
Chorus:
D
I will not kiss you (turn away)
A
Lips are chapped and faded
Bm
Call my (turn away)
G
Lips are chapped and faded, faded
D
Kiss you (turn away)
A
Lips are chapped and faded
Bm
Call my (turn away)
Gm
Lips are chapped and faded, faded
Bridge:
D
If you say (if you say)
Daug
Goodbye today (goodbye today)
Bm D7
I'll ask you to be true (I'll ask you to be true)
G A Bm Daug D E7
'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you (Oooooh)
G A
Yes, the hardest part of this...
Chorus:
D
I will not kiss you
A
Lips are chapped and faded
Bm
Call my
G Gm
Lips are chapped and faded, faded
D
Kiss you
A
(Lips are chapped and faded)
Bm Gm
(Call my... lips are chapped and faded, faded...)
Outro:
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Cancer (Bass)
- Cancer (Ver2) (Chords)
- Cancer (Tabs)
- Cancer (Ver2) (Tabs)
Song History
Last Updated: January 29, 2026