Intro
Dm F A Dm F C A/C#
Verse 1:
Dm
You you never call
A#
You never write me or nothing
A A/C# Dm
I set myself up to fall
A# C A/C#
I was stupid then to try
Dm
And I'll live in a lie
A#
I made a fantasy world
A
but the hero won't
A/C# Dm
win this time
Cause your pipedream
A# C A/C#
gets flushed away
Refrain: Bass Solo
Dm
By all means
A#
I'm getting mad
Dm
That don't mean I
A/C#
don't feel sorry for you
Chorus 1:
(hold) A#
How sad you're gonna be
F Dm
I wish I could stick around
F A#
To see your face when you
A
realize you've permanently
F A A#
changed And it's all thanks to
F Dm
me I was wrong for coming here
F
You'll wake alone and
A#
run around your lonely home
A
Look for my face but
F A
I'm already gone
Post Chorus: Dm F A Dm F C A/C#
Verse 2:
Dm
You you never call
A#
You never write me or nothing
A A/C# Dm
I set myself up to fall
A# C A/C#
I was stupid then to try
Dm
There was something in
the way something in the way
A#
something in the way
A A/C#
that you shut the door
Dm
I couldn't get enough
when you blow me off
A#
I just kept dragging
C A/C#
myself back for more
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Guitar Solo: Avenged Sevenfold vibe here haha!!
A# F Dm C/E F A A# F A/C#(hold) A/C#(hold)
Bridge:
A# C#
One day you're gonna see the
A Dm C
life sentence you gave to me
A# C#
But I swear one day we
F
will share this cell
A#
I know it's cold but I will
C# A
keep us warm with all
Dm C
the hate I radiate
A#
We'll be walking hand
A
in hand in hell
(We'll be walking
Dm F A Dm F C A/C#
hand in hand in hell)
Chorus 2:
Dm Eb E F Gm G# A A#
How sad you're gonna be
F Dm
I wish I could stick around
F A#
To see your face when you
A
realize you've permanently
F A A#
changed And it's all thanks to
F Dm
me I was wrong for coming here
F
You'll wake alone and
A#
run around your lonely home
A
Look for my face but
F A Dm(hold)
I'm already gone
2.) Sick Sick Sick
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
F#m 244222
D xx0232
A x02220
E 022100
C#m x46654
C#/F 143xxx
C# x46664
Intro: F#m D A x6
Verse 1:
F#m D A C#m
I curse to hell the magistrate
F#m D C#m C#/F
who granted this unholy fate
F#m D
But I know I know I
A C#m F#m
asked for this myself
D C#m C#/F
I’m bound by law to hell
F#m D
and it’s sick sick sick
A C#m F#m
Humans have their needs living in
D C#m C#/F
a fairytale it’s tearing at the seams
F#m D A
The dank reject the devil in a
C#m F#m D C#m C#/F
dress exactly what you see
Refrain:
F#m C#/F
It's Sick Sick Sick
F#m C#/F
it’s sick sick sick
Chorus:
F#m
You made a mess of things
D
My what a mess you’ve made
A
I hate the way you make me feel
C#
I hate the way you make me
F#m
In your world it’s cold outside
D E
So button up and open wide
A F#m
I hate the way you make me
C#
feel sick sick sick
Post Chorus:
F#m D A C#m
Oh woah oh oh oh
F#m D A C#m
Oh woah oh oh oh oh
Verse 2:
F#m D A C#m
If memory serves me correct
F#m D C#m C#/F
I gave you all you gave me less
F#m D A
Your sexcapades deliver
C#m F#m
checks but can’t
D C#m C#/F
afford you self respect
F#m D
and it’s sick sick sick
A C#m F#m
Humans have their needs living in
D C#m C#/F
a fairytale it’s tearing at the seams
F#m D A
The dank reject the devil in a
C#m F#m D C#m C#/F
dress exactly what you see
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus)
Guitar Solo: D F#m D F#m E
Bridge:
D E
Maybe love is looking for
F#m
someone to fill up holes
E D
We grow up building lies
E F#m E
with holes in all our walls
D
The watch can fall but
E F#m
here you were with spare
bricks to save the day
E D
And we pray it’s not too late
C#
Spare bricks can be dead weight
(Repeat Refrain twice)
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro: F#m D A x4, F#m(hold)
3.) Mona Lisa
Key: Bb, C, D, Eb, E
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Chords used:
D xx0232
A/C# x476xx
C x32010
Cm x35543
G/B x2xx03
A# x13331
G 320003
Gm 355333
Eb x68886
Cm x35543
F# 244322
G# 466544
A x02220
Am x02210
B x24442
Bm x24432
C# x46664
E 022100
Intro: D A/C# C G/B A# (hold)
Verse 1:
D Gm C A#
I thought maybe we'd made a pact
Eb F A# Eb
But you gave into foul
F A# F# G#
temptations making all the
C F G
Wrong moves and the
C
wrong decisions
Am F G
Making lies up for all
C
the right questions
G# Eb G# Eb
Maybe I was just asking too much
G# Eb
I don't think it's likely you're
G# Eb
just made from all the wrong
B C#
stuff Your bed's been made
Chorus 1:
Eb G# Eb
Mona Lisa you've really
G#
done something
Cm Eb G# A#
Done a number on all of my organs
Eb G# Eb
Mona Lisa you've really
G#
done something
Cm Eb G#(hold)
Done a number on all of my organs
Post Chorus 1:
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G# Cm B
Na na na na na
Verse 2:
E Am
I must say I commend you
D C
on all of your fire
F G C F G C
Soaring highs and drowning lows
G# A# D G
Full speed a head you go with
A D
all of your heartache
Bm G
It's all greater 10
A D
minutes till doomsday
G# Eb
All the while just
G# Eb
showing your teeth
G# Eb G#
Smiling or growling never
Eb G#
sure I just wait and see
A# B
Your bed's been made
C# Eb A# G#
now go die in it
Chorus 2:
Eb G# Eb
Mona Lisa you've really
G#
done something
Cm Eb G# A#
Done a number on all of my organs
Eb G# Eb
Mona Lisa you've really
G#
done something
Cm Eb G# A#
Done a number on all of my organs
Post Chorus 2:
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G# Cm A#
Na na na na na
Bridge: Panic! At The Disco vibe here haha!!
Eb
And I've been racking my
A# Cm Gm
brain figuring out what to say
G# A# Cm Gm
But it may be safe to bet
Eb A#
That the day might still come
Cm Gm
I'd forgive what you've done
G#(hold) Bb(hold)
But it still hasn't happened yet
Guitar Solo:
Eb G# A# Eb Cm G# A# Eb G# Eb G# Eb G# Eb G# Eb
Verse 3:
G# A# B
Your bed's been made
C# (hold)
now go die in it
Chorus 3:
Eb G# Eb
Mona Lisa you've really
G#
done something
Cm G#
You're the black ice on
Eb A#
my road to wholesome
Eb G# Eb
Mona Lisa you've really
G#
done something
Cm Eb G# A#
Done a number on all of my organs
Outro:
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G#
on all of my organs
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G#
Na na na na na
Eb G# Cm B
Na na na na na
4.) It's Not A Bad Little War
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb x68886
A#/D x587xx
Cm x35543
A# x13331
G# 466544
Fm 133111
C x32010
B x24442
Intro: Eb A#/D Cm G# A#
Verse 1:
Eb A#
I had a place to live in
Eb A#
I had a job worth quitting
Cm A# Cm A#
I had some things I had to change
Eb A#
Mistakes but we all make them
Eb A#/D
We celebrate being young
Cm A# Cm A#
I had the chance to run away
Refrain:
Fm
And I wish upon a satellite
G#
that wrong can't
Bb(hold)
turn to right believe me
Chorus 1:
Eb A#/D
Then we are (then we are)
Eb A#/D Cm
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
A# Eb
they'll see us through
A#/D Eb
We are (we are) our only
A# Cm
chance in the world
So stand for something
A# G#
cause somethings over due
A#
And I don't ask for much
Eb A#/D Cm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Fm Bb(hold)
A dead man's hands we are
the only friends we ever had
Post Chorus: Eb Cm G# A#
Verse 2:
Eb A#
They called it education
Eb A#
I saw a means to an end
Cm A# Cm A#
I saw my life another way
Eb
To live and die
A#
a king i thought
Eb
There could be worse
A#/D
fates to land upon
Cm
And I'd go back home when
A# Cm A#
it all blew up in my face
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
Eb A#/D
Then we are (then we are)
Eb A#/D Cm
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
A# Eb
they'll see us through
A#/D Eb
We are (we are) our only
A# Cm
chance in the world
So stand for something
A# G#
cause somethings over due
A#
And I don't ask for much
Eb A#/D Cm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Fm Bb(hold)
A dead man's hands we are
Eb Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had
Bridge:
Fm
You need a map to see how far
Cm
I was sticking out my neck
Fm
We all have things that
C
we all second guess
G# B(hold)
And fears of being ordinary
Guitar Solo: Eb A# Eb A# Cm A# Cm A# x2
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 3:
Eb A#/D
Then we are (then we are)
Eb A#/D Cm
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
A# Eb
they'll see us through
A#/D Eb
We are (we are) our only
A# Cm
chance in the world
So stand for something
A# G#
cause somethings over due
A#
And I don't ask for much
Eb A#/D Cm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Fm A#
A dead man's hands we are
Eb A#/D Cm
the only friends we ever had
Fm Bb(hold)
A dead man's hands we are
Eb A#/D Cm G# Eb A# A#/D Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had
5.) Sinking And Swimming On Long Island
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D xx0232
A x02220
A/C# x476xx
Bm x24432
G 320033
Em 022000
F#m 244222
D/F# 2x023x
F#/A# x143xx
Intro:
Drumbeats x4
D F#m G x2
Verse 1:
D D
This place is dragging me down
Bm D/F# G
A hamster wheel I thought
A Em
I'd be done by now
D
Now that all my
D
allies are gone
Bm D/F# G
I realize advancing
A Em Em
could hold you back
Chorus 1:
Bm D D/F# G
My good intentions just keep
A F#/A# Bm
sliding by the wayside
G D D/F# G
But it's high tide and they
A A/C# D
get washed away with time
Bm G
Until everything's gone
Bm G
until everything's gone
Post Chorus: D F#m G x2
Verse 2:
D
I was flying along the
D
Long Island sound
Bm D/F#
But fine's polite I'd
G A Em
rather things more profound
D
I've become a rock these
D
days and I swim like one
Bm
Alone again barely
D/F# G A Em Em
surviving the tidal wave
Chorus 2:
Bm D D/F# G
My good intentions just keep
A F#/A# Bm
sliding by the wayside
G D D/F# G
But it's high tide and they
A A/C# D
get washed away with time
Bm G
Until everything's gone
Bm G
until everything's gone
F#/Bb(hold) G(hold)
I swear damn it all to hell
G
damn it all to hell
Bridge:
D F#m
I think I finally found
Bm A
the way to go to heaven
D
Without dying
F#m Bm
so I'm on my way
A
(I'm on my way)
Em D/F#
The harder you work
G A
the harder you fall
Em D/F#
You wake up one day
G A
with nothing at all
Verse 3:
Bm D D/F# G
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A F#/A# Bm
oh oh oh oh oh oh
G D D/F# G
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
A A/C# D
oh oh oh oh oh oh
(Repeat)
Guitar Solo: Bm G x2
Chorus 3:
Bm D D/F# G
My good intentions just keep
A F#/A# Bm
sliding by the wayside
G D D/F# G
But it's high tide and they
A A/C# D
get washed away with time
Bm G
Until everything's gone
Bm G
until everything's gone
Bm G
Until everything's gone
Bm G
until everything's gone
F#/Bb(hold) G(hold)
I swear damn it all to hell
6.) Seeing Sound
Key: G#, A#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Fm 133111
C# x46664
G# 466544
Eb x68886
A#m x13321
F 133211
C x32010
Cm x35543
C/E 032xxx
G#/C x365xx
Gm 355333
A# x13331
D xx0232
Intro: Fm G# A#m Fm C# G# C x2
Verse 1:
G# Eb
This is the first scene
G# Cm
of an act With my
C# C/E
own hand stuck in my back
G# C
Around here the puppet
C#
is the puppeteer
C
And I was down for
Fm
the proverbial count
C# Eb
So what do you want from me?
Fm C# Eb
Another song about apathy?
Refrain 1:
Eb C/E
Heartbreak is a
F
friend these days
A#m
But I couldn't
care less
C
That's what I've
been paid to say
Chorus 1:
Fm C# G#
I am lost a lot but you
C#
can't believe me
Fm C# G#
And my stomach knots
C# C
but you can't see that
Fm G# C# C Fm
Whoa I can't find my way
G# C# C
Whoa I can't find it
A#m
Should I say something
sensational now?
C# G#/C
This life comes
A#m C/E
with some doubts
Post Chorus:
Fm G# A#m Fm C# G# C
Fm G# A#m Fm C# G# C C#(hold)
Verse 2:
G#
And now my life has
become a circus
C# C/E
In the center ring
G#
I'm a crying clown
It's a little too
Cm C#
exciting on the trapeze
Cm
When you swing with your
Fm
eyes closed to the ground
C#
And pain can feel
Eb
like a boomerang
Fm C#
You close your eyes
Eb
it comes back again
Refrain 2:
Eb C/E
Heartbreak is a
F
trend these days
A#m
I couldn't care less
Cm
I've never been
that trendy anyway
Chorus 2:
Fm C# G#
I am lost a lot but you
C#
can't believe me
Fm C# G#
And my stomach knots
C# C
but you can't see that
Fm G# C# C Fm
Whoa I can't find my way
G# C# C
Whoa I can't find it
A#m
Should I say something
sensational now?
C# G#/C
This life comes
A#m C/E Fm
with some doubts
Bridge:
C# G#
We all run along thinking
Cm Fm
everything is wrong
C# Cm Fm
Watch our lives from a bar
C# G# Cm Fm
Looking back is not so bad
C#(hold) Cm(hold)
Realize what you've been missing
Interlude: Fm G# A#m Fm C# G# C x2
Fm C# G# C# Fm C# A#m C C C C C C
Chorus 3: Key modulate from G# to A#
Gm A# Eb D
Whoa I can't find my way
Gm A# Eb D
Whoa I can't find my way
Gm A# Eb D
Whoa I can't find my way
Gm A# Eb D
Whoa I can't find my way
Outro: While doing the guitar solo at Guitar 2
Gm A# Cm Gm Eb A# D x2, Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm(hold)
7.) The Wrong Way
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Dm xx0231
A# x13331
F 133211
C x32010
Gm 355333
A x02220
Am x02210
Eb x68886
Intro: Dm F A# x4, Bb(hold)
Verse 1:
Dm
I've seen you bite your
A#
nails in guilty thought
Gm
Thought you couldn't care
A
less until I saw those paws
Dm
I'd say if you took a bite
A#
for every lie you told
Gm
You would've run out of
A
fingers and started on your toes
Refrain 1:
Dm Am A#
Don't think you're on to
Gm C
something good right now
Dm F Gm
So let's go back to
F A
the starting place
Chorus:
Dm F
And I believe in futures
A Dm
but I can't afford to wait
A#
You've been doing
A Dm F Gm Am
it the wrong way
Dm F
And some day you'll find
something that
A Dm
makes you feel okay
A#
But until then you'll
A Dm F Gm Am Gm(hold) A# A
make your own way
Verse 2:
Dm A#
You're the type of girl who
Gm A
puts on cyanide perfume
Dm
Then asks for kisses on the
A# Gm A
neck from every boy in the room
Dm A#
So tell me now how you find
Gm
yourself at the bottom
A
of a bottle in a bar
Dm A#
And how your reflection
Gm A
reacts to you and your new scars
Refrain 2: Silence
Dm C A#
I don't think you're on
A Gm A
to something good right now
Dm C A#
I don't think you're on
A Gm C
to something good right now
Dm F Gm
So let's go back to
F A
the starting place
(Repeat Chorus)
Breakdown: While clapping hands
Dm A# A Eb x2
Bridge:
Dm
All's well that ends well
A# A Eb
I'm finished with this game
Dm
There's got to be a better way
A# A Eb
than learning from your mistakes
Dm
A small step for man now
A# A Eb
with you out of the way
Dm
But now it's up to me to change
A# A Eb
And make it so tomorrow starts today
Guitar Solo: Dm F A Dm x4 Dm
(Repeat Chorus)
8.) On Love On Life
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
D xx0232
A x02220
Bm x24432
G 320033
Gm 355333
A# x13331
C x32010
Verse 1:
D A
So I sit here writing words
Bm
in our old place
G
They all come out as letters
D
And I contemplate
A Bm
mistakes that we all make
G
Start and the ending of eras
D A
When mystery fades
Bm G
We identify the problems
D A
But they may not be
Bm G
problems after all
Refrain:
D A
Shock and dismay they
Bm G
affect what we say
D
We should bite our tongues
A
we should bite our tongues
Bm
Cause after all it's
G(hold) D G A
only our lives anyway
Chorus 1:
D G
And I can't let it bother me
A
If fact and fate just
D A/C# Bm
can't agree on love on life
G
Can we stop taking
A A# C D
ourselves too seriously?
Verse 2:
D
So I sit here carving
A Bm
words into the wall
G
Words that remind me
D
of just how I was
A
I never felt as old
Bm
and lonely as I felt
G
When I was young and in love
D A
When mystery fades
Bm G
We identify the problems
D A
But they may not be
Bm G
problems after all
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
D G
And I can't let it bother me
A
If fact and fate just
D A/C# Bm
can't agree on love on life
G
Can we stop taking
A D
ourselves too seriously?
G
Can't let it bother me
A
If fact and fate just
D A/C# Bm
can't agree on love on life
G
Can we stop taking
A A# C D
ourselves too seriously?
A# C D
Too seriously
A# C D
Too seriously
9.) The New Flesh
Key: F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Dm x00231
A# x13331
F 133211
C x32010
Gm 355333
Am x02210
A x02220
D xx0232
F/A x032xx
C# x46664
Intro: Dm x3, Dm C/E F A A(hold)
Verse 1:
Dm F
If I should fall down
Am A A# A
would you wait for me?
A# C
If I was out would
Am A F A
you be home?
Dm F
If I should pray then
Am C A
would you pray with me?
A#
If I fell in love would
F/A A Dm A
I be in love alone?
Verse 2:
Dm F Am
This isn't half of what
A A# A
I thought it'd be
A# C
At what point does love
A
become routine?
F A Dm
I had to wait I had to
F Am C A
wait I had to wait to see
A#
That who you are is not
F/A D
who I hoped you'd be
Chorus 1:
(hold) Dm
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this
F
thing's still working
Dm C A#
My heart's not beating anymore
A
And I don't know if I bleed
F
Test it out just to see
Dm
Cuz the best that
C A#
I can hope to be
A Dm Dm
Is strong enough to leave
Verse 3:
Dm F
I never lived and
Am A A# A
died by ecstasy
A# C
Fun's never been
Am A
my cup of tea
F A Dm
But now I try but now
F Am C A
I try but now I try to be
A# F/A
The best I can for no
D
one else but me
Chorus 2:
Dm
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this
F
thing's still working
Dm C A#
My heart's not beating anymore
A
And I don't know if I bleed
F
Test it out just to see
Dm
Cuz the best that
C A#
I can hope to be
A
Is strong enough to leave
Breakdown: Dm F Gm Am A# x4
Bridge:
Dm C
You're such a shame love
Gm F/A A#
what those animals say to ya
F Gm
You're such a shame love
F/A A#
what those animals say to ya
F
You're such a shame love
Dm
what those animals say to ya
What they do when
A#
they came for ya
F A#
Just think it through you never
C#
learned what not to do
F
A shame love what those
Dm
animals say to ya
What they do when
A#
they came for ya
F
Just think it through
A#
you never learned
C#
what not to do
F
A shame love You're such
Dm A# F A#
a shame love a shame love
Chorus 3:
Silence:
C Dm(hold)
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this
F(hold)
thing's still working
Dm(hold) C(hold) Bb(hold)
My heart's not beating anymore
Distortion:
A
And I don't know if I bleed
F
Test it out just to see
Dm
IS this the best that
C A#
I can hope to be
Outro:
F
Now I don't know where to go
I don't know if this
Dm
things still working
A# C Dm
My hearts not beating anymore
A#
And I don't know If I bleed
Don't know if this
Dm
things still working
Gm F/A A#
The best that I can hope to be
A Dm Dm(hold)
Is strong enough to leave
10.) Killing Time
Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Cm x35543
G# 466544
Eb x68886
A# x13331
Fm 133111
Gm 355333
G 320033
G/B x20003
A#/D x587xx
Intro: Cm G# Eb A# x2
Verse 1: Bass Only
Cm
I head home the
Eb Fm Gm
halfway point in
A# G# G G/B
between progress and alone
Cm
Forever more I
Eb Fm Gm A#
am a fa ded sweatshirt
G#
You forgot was hanging
G G/B
on the closet door
Guitar Enters: Use Cm G# G chords only for guitar
Cm
But it's the ride its not
Eb Fm Gm A#
the point (you answer back?)
G#
Treating everyday like
G G/B
it could be your last
Cm Eb Fm Gm
One day it will one day it will
A# G#
And we will praise you at your
G
funeral for this life
G/B Cm
you tried to build
Chorus 1:
Cm G#
Spend all my life waiting for
Eb A#
a moment to come to come
Cm G#
Walking single file waiting
Eb A#
for a moment to come but it won't
Eb A#/D Cm G/B
I'm halfway to happy now
G# A# G/B(hold)
and I always mistake it for progress
Post chorus:
Cm Eb G# G/B Cm Eb G# G/B
for progress
Verse 2: Use Cm G# G chords only for guitar
Cm Eb
Morning comes your bed's
Fm Gm A# G#
a safe place Your eyelids
blocking pain but
G G/B
standing in the way
Cm
Stay off the brink
Eb Fm Gm A#
come whate ver may
G#
Hope for the best
G G/B
be okay with anything
Cm Eb
Lets get a life allow
Fm Gm A#
ourselves to change
G# G
Don't be convinced everything
G/B
will stay the same
You're beaten
Cm Eb Fm Gm
down like every one
A# G#
But can a person make a difference
G G/B Cm
if he never makes a sound?
Chorus 2:
Cm G#
I Spend all my life waiting for
Eb A#
a moment to come to come
Cm G#
Walking single file waiting
Eb A#
for a moment to come but it won't
Eb A#/D Cm G/B
I'm halfway to happy now
G# A# G/B(hold)
and I always mistake it for progress
Bridge:
Cm A# Eb G#
for progress
Cm A# Eb G#
for progress
Cm A# Cm
Chorus 3:
Silence:
Cm(hold) G#(hold)
Spend all my life waiting for
Eb(hold) Bb(hold)
a moment to come to come
Distortion:
Cm G#
Walking single file waiting
Eb A#
for a moment to come but it won't
Eb A#/D
We all have to test
Cm G/B G#
our will a trial
Eb A#/D Cm
I'm half way to happy now
G/B G# A#
And I always mistake
G/B(hold)
it for progress
Outro:
Cm Eb G# G/B
for progress
Cm Eb G# G/B Cm Eb G#
for progress
G/B Cm Eb G# G/B(hold)
for prog ress
11.) Battle Scars
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Em 022000
Bm x24432
C x32010
Am x02210
D xx0232
G 320033
B x24442
Intro: Em Bm C x4
Verse 1:
Em
I've been brushed to the side
I've been taken for rides
He said I'm gonna do fine
C
But I never knew why
Em
I thought I could
still make it
How do we say it
I just wanted it
C
in the worst way
Refrain 1:
Em G C
My life is such a wreck
Em G Am
I finally realize
Chorus 1:
C
I got battle scars
Am
battle scars
Em
battle scars
C
I got battle scars
Am
battle scars
Em
battle scars
C D
I left behind my moral ties
Bm Em
they're gone before you know
C Am G B
I got battle scars battle scars
Post Chorus: Em Bm C x4
Verse 2:
Em
All my friends can
see right through
This confidence
C
that I pretend is real
Em
I'm happier this
way I think
But I can't remember
C
how I really feel
Refrain 1:
Em G C
My life is such a wreck
Em G D
I finally realize
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Breakdown: Em x2
Bridge:
C Bm
Please doctor come
Em G
cure me I lost my legs
C Bm
I walked for ten long years
Em G
and I tripped along the way
C Bm
I don't know if I can take ten more
Em G
I'm getting comfortable on the floor
C B
And I can sleep for days and
Em G C B
dream about life with a general distaste
Chorus 2: Silence
C
I got battle scars
Am
battle scars
Em
battle scars
C
I got battle scars
Am
battle scars
Em
battle scars
Chorus 3:
C
I got battle scars
Am
battle scars
Em
battle scars
C
I got battle scars
Am
battle scars
Em
battle scars
C D
I left behind my moral ties
Bm Em
they're gone before you know
C D
Ask for hope and dignity
Bm Em
I lost them long ago
C Bm G B C(hold)
I got battle scars battle scars
12.) Monster
Key: A#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Gm 355333
Dm xx0231
Eb x68886
A# x13331
D xx0232
F 133211
Intro: Gm Dm Eb A# x4
Verse 1:
Gm Eb
I try try I look for
A# Dm
bad on the inside
Gm
But heaven knows
Eb A#
you're heaven sent
Gm
Your skin stretches
Eb A# Dm
perfectly over perfect
Gm
placed bones That shame
Eb A# Gm
the greatest architects
Chorus 1:
Gm Dm
This time there's
Eb A#
nothing I can do
Gm
My heart has swelled
Dm
to twice its size
Eb A#
I've got everything to lose
Post Chorus: Gm
Verse 2:
Gm Eb
Walk Walk with me
Through a mind where
A# Dm
everything is
Gm
To good to be true
Eb A#
All chances spent
Gm Eb
I don't believe in much now
A#
I bring things up just
Dm Gm
to shoot them down
Eb Bb(hold)
I guess for the night I'll bend
Chorus 2:
Gm Dm
This time there's
Eb A#
nothing I can do
Gm
My heart has swelled
Dm
to twice its size
Eb A#
I've got everything to lose
Gm Dm
And I'm just good
Eb A#
for a one night stand
Gm
On night two I'll
Dm
find something new
Eb
I can't control this
A#
monster I am
Interlude: Gm A# Eb D
Guitar Solo: Gm Eb D x4 ,F (hold)
Chorus 3:
Gm Dm
This time there's
Eb A#
nothing I can do
Gm
My heart has swelled
Dm
to twice its size
Eb A#
I've got everything to lose
Gm Dm
And I'm just good
Eb A#
for a one night stand
Gm
On night two I'll
Dm
find something new
Eb
I can't control this
A#
monster I am
Gm Dm Eb A# Gm Dm Eb Bb(hold)
This monster I am