Standard tuning, key of F# (/D#m).I prefer to bar the B on the 7th fret so as to move easily to the D#m
Also, I like to play just the bass note for the bars in quieter sections.
F# D#m B C# (2x)
F# C# D#m B
I want to drive away
F# C# D#m B
In the night, headlights call my name
B D#m
I, I'll never be, be what you see inside
F# B
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
B D#m
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
F# B F#
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
D#m
And I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
F# D#m F# B (x2)
B
I'm so afraid
D#m
Of what you have to say
F#
Cause I am quiet now
B
And silence gives you space
B D#m
I, I'll never be, be what you see inside
F# B
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
B D#m
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
F# B F#
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
D#m
And I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
B [chD#m[/ch] (Chords are rough estimations.
It's the same game today as it always is It's easier to just use
F# B D#m F# B )
I don't give these places fake my name explaining this
B
And the wrists of my mind have the bleeding lines
X
That remind me of all the times...B
I have committed
D#m
Dirty dirty crimes that are perfectly form-fitted
F#
To what I've done and what I'm doing
I'm brewing and losing and spewing infusing B X
And believe me that's what all the kids are doing
B
What kids are doing are killing themselves
D#m
They feel they have no control of their prisoner's cell
F# B
And if you're one of them then you're one of me
X
And you would do almost anything just to feel free... B
Am I right? Of course I am
D#m
Convince me otherwise would take all night
F#
Before you walk away, there's one more thing I want to say
B
Our brains are sick but that's okay
F# D#m B C# (background harmony here until final stanza)
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
F# D#m B C# (x2)
(F#)
All I wanna
D#m
Yeah, and I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
D#m
Yeah, and I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
B
I'm so afraid
D#m
Of what you have to say
F#
Cause I am quiet now
B (F#)
And silence gives you space
