Verse
D A E Bm D A E Bm
In my life all the strife is getting in the way.
D A E Bm D A E Bm
Frankly I did not plan on getting hurt today.
D A E Bm D A E Bm D A
From your chair in the clouds, benevolent are your ways. While the beggar bleeds,
E Bm D A E Bm
the children play. Everyone wants to know why?
[Pre-Chorus]
G D A F#m G
Isn't it always the question,"How do you know my condition?"
[Chorus]
D Bm A F#m F#m7 D
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
D Bm A G
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
D A E Bm D A E Bm
To be me. To be us.
[Verse 2]
D A E Bm D A E Bm
In the wake of this mess, decades and centuries past.
D A E Bm D A E Bm
Who's to blame for this mess, and who's gonna take the rap.
D A E Bm D A E Bm G
We're quick to judge and discard. D God who lets you choose, whom and what to love!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
D A F#m G
Isn't it always the question,"Do you really know my position?"
[Chorus 2]
D Bm A F#m F#m7 D
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
D Bm A G
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
D A E Bm D A E Bm D A E Bm D A E Bm
To be me. To be us. To be one with the dust. To be lost.
[Musical interlude]
G D A F#m G D A F#m7
[Acappella] (oh x7) x2 You know what it's like, to thirst to bleed, oh you know what it's like.
[Chorus 3]
D Bm A F#m F#m7 D
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
D Bm A G
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like to...
D Bm A F#m F#m7 D
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like to hurt.
D Bm A G G G G
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like.
D A E Bm D A E Bm D A E Bm D A E
To be me. To be us. To be lost. To be found.