Intro: Em-- x4
Verse 1:
Cm
I lay down for the night
Fm
and rest my weary eyes
G
hoping tonight that
Cm
things might change
Cm
but in this darkness my
Fm
thoughts start to multiply
G Cm
and sanity slowly slips away
Refrain:
Fm
and as the sun starts creeping
A# Cm
through the cracks between
Fm
the shades it calls me out to
G
battle through another day
Chorus 1:
Cm
And I just need one more
G# D#
hour to sleep sweet relief
G
from the demons in my mind
Cm
I toss and turn but still
G#
nothing seems to rule
D#
Can't turn off these nervous
thoughts and though
G
I'm shutting my mind's
stuck powered on
Post Chorus: Guitar Solo
Em--C--G--B--
Verse 2:
Cm
I peel my body up
Fm
and pour myself a cup
G
Go through the motions
Cm
of the day
Cm
And try to figure
Fm
out a way to
G
reconcile the two sides
Cm
at war inside of me
(Repeat Refrrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Bridge:
D#
As seconds
G#
turns to minutes
and hours into
Cm
days. My thoughts
G#
evaporate into the
D#/G
haze of real
Fm A#
life dreams I need
G#
to clear my mind
D#/G Fm
of everything so that
D# A#/D F(hold)
I can get some sleep
Interlude: Em--C--G--B--
Chorus 2:
Cm
And I just need one more
G# D#
hour to sleep sweet relief
G
from the demons in my mind
Cm
I toss and turn but still
G#
nothing seems to rule
D#
Can't turn off these nervous
thoughts and though
G
I'm shutting my mind's
Em--C--G--B-- Drumbeats
stuck powered on