Intro: C5 A5 C5 A5 G5 F5 G5 F5 E5 A5 Verse: A5 G5 E5 Skies black, cold and vacant now D5 A5 I sat on the hillside C5 The stars up above me G5 Like pinholes in velvet A5 I listened to the song E5 A5 That I hoped I'd never hear A5 G5 E5 And off behind me D5 A5 Guns snap like insects C5 We're fighting for causes G5 We don't really fathom A5 But we'll charge ahead E5 A5 Bloodied hands feed the flames Bridge A5 G5 C5 E5 Their guns all rain down A5 G5 F5 C5 C5 A5 E5 F5 Say your prayers, fall and run G5 A5 G5 F5 This is do or die this time C5 A5 G5 Raise your fist, give 'em hell boys F5 Let's make them wish they'd never lived A5 G5 E5 My eyes locked with a boy on the other side D5 A5 Hands dropped, he stood defenseless C5 But he wasn't frightened G5 His face was accepting A5 But I couldn't pull E5 A5 I couldn't pull, I couldn't pull A5 G5 C5 E5 A5 And I could see it clear A5 G5 C5 E5 A5 To fall was not my fear A5 G5 C5 E5 To make one fall was C5 F5 C5 And the chaos returned, I backed into the trees A5 E5 F5 G5 Left my guns on the ground, wiped the mud from my knees C5 F5 C5 And I knew in my heart that my old life was gone A5 C5 G5 That in walking away, my name was undone G5 So I might as well run A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 C5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 C5 C5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 D5 G5 E5 F5 C5 Parts and bones and strings of secrets cut the ties that bind me C5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 D5 G5 E5 F5 C5 I might dream myself as king, but I ain't made for ruling C5 A5 G5 Just live another day, and I can find another way (3x)