Intro x2
Am F
C G
Shot down, by your bullets
C G
They shatter, my faith and my bones
F
If you would listen, your words they hurt
C
They creep right under my skin
G
They cut so deep, oh
Dm F Am
Can't you understand, I don't want battles, battles, battles
Dm F
And if you lay them in my hand
Am
I won't fight battles, battles, battles
F C
Oh tell me why
G F
We work so hard to break these bones
F C G
Can we try, to lay down
Am
These sticks and stones,
F
Sticks and stones,
C G
We crash and fall, together
C G
So sad, we don't remember
F
Why we're tearing us apart
C G
When I can feel the cries, the cries in my heart,
Dm F Am
Can't you understand, I don't want battles, battles, battles
Dm F
And if you lay them in my hand
Am
I won't fight battles, battles, battles
F C
Oh tell me why
G F
We work so hard to break these bones
F C G
Can we try, to lay down
Am
These sticks and stones,
F
Sticks and stones,
Am ...... F
G
Why does it have to be so hard just surrender
F
When we got nothing left, nothing left to loose
Dm F Am
Can't you understand, I don't want battles, battles, battles
Dm F
And if you lay them in my hand
Am
I won't fight battles, battles, battles
F C
Oh tell me why
G F
We work so hard to break these bones
C G
Can we try, to lay down
Am
These sticks and stones,
F
Sticks and stones.