Tuning: Drop C# (Drop D, half step down) Forgive the chord names, I tried to keep it simple. A Ab Eb F F2 F3 E C#(h) C# C B Bb eb|---------------------------------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------------------------------| F#|---------------------------------------------------------| C#|-10--10--5---8--7--5---5---14-------(14)-(14)------------| G#|-8---8---3---5--5--5---3---12----0---12---12---10--------| C#|-8---7---2---5--5--5---3---12----0---11---10---9---------| A Ab Eb So is it courage or strength F F2 F3 and is that what I'm waiting for? A Ab Eb If I could just kill myself F F2 F3 would it also kill the remorse? A Ab Eb I wanted so badly to catch a break F F2 F3 but I'm only breaking down. A Ab I'm still here and standing Eb but if it's up to me F F2 F3 A Ab Eb I don't think I'll be hanging around Chorus: E The drink slips down my throat Ab and the burn cures nice and slow. F Eb All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see E The only parts left of me Now, here I am C#(h) Just a kid without a better plan. Ab F But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most. Eb I never got to see the west coast A C# A C# A C# Eb A C# A C# A C# Eb A Ab Eb Spent my nights just asking why F F2 F3 Would God let me become like this. A Ab Eb Was it a joke from the start? F F2 F3 Was I suppose to laugh more at it? A Ab Eb And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers F F2 F3 but their words make me feel so alone. A Ab Eb No one ever says that they've had those thoughts F F2 F3 in the middle of the night. A Ab Eb No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life. Chrous A C# A C# A C# Eb C#(h) But it's the life I dreamed I'd have C The love I've found in my grasp B Bb The words I could share with someone. C#(h) Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs C That tomorrow my hope will become B Bb to feel a love that can't be undone. A Ab Eb And save a wretch like me. Chorus A C# A C# A C# Eb End on A