capo 4th or 5th fret depending on your tuning.

Intro  G5 E5 x4

G5        E5                                            G5       E5
I can understand how when the edges are rough
G5       E5      G5      E5
And they cut you like the tiniest slivers of glass
         C5                A5
And you feel too much
                        C5        A5                                G5 E5      G5 E5
And you don't know how long you're gonna last
                              D5               C5             G5
But everyone you know is tryin' to smooth it over
C5                     G5                       D5
Find a way to make the hurt go away
                              D5                  C5            G5
But everyone you know is trying to smooth it over
C5                                    G5           D5
Like you're trying to scream underwater
C5                                            G5   D5    C5
But I won't let you make the great escape
C5                                                   G5  D5      C5
I'm never gonna watch you checkin out of this place
C5
I'm not gonna lose you
                      G5           D5
Cause the passion and the pain
                      G5 D5              C5
Are gonna keep you alive someday
C5 (fade, soft)                      G5  E5     G5      E5
Gonna keep you alive someday

G5                   E5                  G5           E5
I feel like I could wave my fist in front of your face
               G5                    E5          G5      E5
And you wouldn't flinch or even feel a thing
                                               C5        A5
And you've retreated to your silent corner
                 C5       A5                                  G5 E5 G5 E5
Like you decided the fight was over for ya
                        D5                             C5        G5
Everyone you know is trying to smooth it over
C5                      G5                         D5
Find a way to make the hurt go away
                         D5                        C5     G5
Everyone you know, is tryin' smooth it over
C5                               G5                         D5
Everyone needs a floor they can fall through
C5                                     G5   D5     C5
I won't let you make the great escape,
C5                                                      G5       D5      C5
I'm never gonna watch you checkin out of this place
C5
I'm not gonna lose you
                       G5                D5
Cause the passion and the pain
                         G5      D5          C5
Are gonna keep you alive someday
C5 (build up)                                     G5 E5 x 4
They're gonna keep you alive someday..m.m.m.m.mmmm

G5        E5                                            G5       E5
Oh, terrified of the dark but not if you go with me
                      G5  E5                  G5         E5
And I don't need a pill to make me numb
                       C5                      A5
And I wrote the book on runnin'
                       C5         A5                              G5    E5  G5 E5
But that chapter of my life will soon be done
D5                            C5 G5       D5
I'm the king of the great escape
D5                                                     C5        G5      D5
You're not gonna watch me checkin out of this place
D5
You're not gonna lose me
                        C5        G5
Cause the passion and pain
           C5                    G5       D5
Are gonna keep us alive someday
D5 (fade)
Yeah the passion and the pain
C5 (soft fade)                           G5      E5     G5      E5
Are gonna keep us alive someday,
G5       E5    G5 (fade out)
someday