Intro: Ebm--B-- x4
Verse 1:
Fbm
It's frightening
G
How you can see the
Am
changes happening
When they move so
Fbm C#-Fbm
fast
Fbm
And lightning
G
Except the odds are
Am
growing These lonely times
Fbm C#-Fbm
will strike me twice
Refrain 1:
C D
The screams of a thousand
Cbm
voices Are whispers inside
C C
my head The echoes
D
of self defense
Chorus 1:
G
So how many times
D
will it take
To cover up the
Am
past mistakes
And hide behind a
C D
crying you face of shame
G
And how many
D
nights will I hide
and blink under the
Am
blackened skies
I've cursed out
C D Ebm--B-- x2
so many times
Verse 2:
Fbm
It's biting
G
when the cold wind
blows through
Am
weathered eyes
Fbm C#-Fbm
and blistered skin
Fbm
it's quiet now
G
it's like the calm before
Am
the raging violence
Fbm C#-Fbm Fbm C#-Fbm
of the storm begins
Refrain 2:
C
and when this comes
D
crashing down
Fbm
I'll fall harder
C
than before
C
I'll start this
D
all over now
Chorus 2:
G
So how many times
D
will it take
To cover up the
Am
past mistakes
And hide behind a
C D
crying you face of shame
G
And how many
D
nights will I hide
and blink under the
Am
blackened skies
I've cursed out
C D Ebm--B-- x2
so many times before
Bridge:
Am G/Cb
I'll beg for the ending
C
or just for forgiveness
or just for forgiveness
Am G/Cb
I'll wait in the shadows
C D
of a battle I'm close to losing
Chorus 3:
Silence:
G
So how many times
D
will it take
To cover up this
Am
smiling face of silence
C
This face of shame
G
And how many
D
nights will I hide
and blink under the
Am
blackened skies
I've cursed out
C D G
so many times before
So how many times
D
will it take
To cover up the
Am
past mistakes
And hide behind a
C D
crying you face of shame
G
And how many
D
nights will I hide
and blink under the
Am
blackened skies
I've cursed out
C D F#(hold)
so many times