Intro
E B E B E B F# B
E B E B E B F# B
[Verse 1]
E B E B
i could never find the power to love
E B F# B
voice of reasons' always giving up on me
E B E B
i could never find the power to leave
E B F# B
fear of change is always catching up with me
[Pre-Chorus]
E B E B
it's over again and it's started again
E B F# B
swear i hurt you with the best intentions
E B E B
and it's over again and it's started again
E B F# B
swear my conscience needs an intervention
[Chorus]
E B F#
i've been trying to change myself again (i try, i try, i try)
E B F#
won't you please just take me as i am (i am, i am, i am)
[Verse 2]
E B E B
i could never find the power to lie
E B F# B
even when i did the guilt would catch my eye
E B E B
i could never find the power to see
E B F# B
all the blessings that had been shone down on me
[Pre-Chorus]
E B E B
it's over again and it's started again
E B F# B
swear i hurt you with the best intentions
E B E B
and it's over again and it's started again
E B F# B
swear my conscience needs an intervention
[Chorus]
E B F#
i've been trying to change myself again (i try, i try, i try)
E B F#
won't you please just take me as i am (i am, i am, i am)
E B F#
i've been trying to change myself again (i try, i try, i try)
E B F#
won't you please just take me as i am (i am, i am, i am)
[Bridge]
E
and we're strangers again
B
yeah we're strangers again
G#
seeing everyone through clouds of emotion
E
and we're strangers again
B
yeah we're strangers again
G#
breaking everything but all in slow motion
[Instrumental]
E B G# E B G#
[Chorus]
E B F#
i've been trying to change myself again
E B F#
won't you please just take me as i am
E B F#
i've been trying to change myself again (i try, i try, i try)
E B F#
won't you please just take me as i am (i am, i am, i am)
E B F#
i've been trying to change myself again (i try, i try, i try)
E B F#
won't you please just take me as i am (i am, i am, i am)
[Outro]
E B E B
i could never find the power to know
E B F# B
guess i'll figure it out on my own