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