Verse
A#m
I spent some time in
G# D#m Fm
a bad place at 18
A#m C#
wishing I could see
D#m
something through clear
Fm A#m
eyes Do you ever wake up
G# D#m
to realize that your
Fm
life is meaningless?
A#m
Does it give you strength
C#
or lead you to your
D#m Fm
grave at a young age?
Chorus 2:
A#m G#
Pound my knuckles
F# Fm
hard against the floor
D#m E
My head against the wall
F F/A
But I did this to myself
A#m G# F#
Assume it's just not worth
Fm
getting back up but
D#m E
I'll blame it on bad luck
F
I'll shake responsibility
Post Chorus: Guitar Solo
Bm--Em-F#- x2
Verse 2:
A#m
It seems that when
G# D#m
I ran away from
Fm A#m C#
my past all my dignity my
D#m Fm
faith my pride got left back
A#m
And now I think it's time that
G# D#m Fm
I realize self pity's meaningless
A#m
Though I'm 10 feet deep
C#
I'll claw my way back
D#m Fm
out from in my grave
Chorus 3:
A#m G#
Pound my knuckles
F# Fm
hard against the floor
D#m E
My head against the wall
F F/A
But I did this to myself
A#m G# F#
Assume it's just not worth
Fm
getting back up but
D#m E
I'll blame it on bad luck
F
I'll shake responsibility
Em(hold)
And I'll save a hard life
A(hold)
You did this to me
Breakdown: D--F#m-Bm-- x2
Bridge:
F# C# F
But now I realize I'd give
A#m G# F#
anything I have to walk
C# F
a day in those old shoes
Wondering what
F#
my first smoke
C# F
would be like my first
A#m G# F#
fuck my next fuck up
C#
Or the next band that
F
would change my life
F# G# F/A
and it changed my life
A#m F# G# F#/Bb(Hold)
and it changed my life
Chorus 3:
A#m G#
Pound my knuckles
F# Fm
hard against the floor
D#m E
My head against the wall
F F/A
But I did this to myself
A#m G# F#
Assume it's just not worth
Fm
getting back up but
D#m E
I'll blame it on bad luck
F
I'll shake responsibility
F#
And I'll save a hard life
G# F/A Bm(hold)
You did this to me