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