[INT] -> C#5 , A#5 , C#5 , A#5 , F#5 , G#5

A#5                                          C#5
So here I sit looking at the traffic lights
                                                 F#5
The red extinguishes the hope that the green ignites
                                         C#5
I want to run away I want to ditch my life
                    G#5                        A#5
Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night


                                          C#5
And after all of my alibis desert me

I just want to get by
                                F#5
I don't want nothing to hurt me
                                  
I had no idea where my head was at 
          C#5                     G#5                              
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
         A#5             G#5                C#5
Because I just want for all of this to end


     F#5        C#5
And I so hate consequences
         A#5                                          G#5
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#5                C#5
  Ohh....... Consequences
      A#5                             G#5
Oh God, don't make me face up to this
      F#5       C#5
And I so hate consequences
        A#5                                            G#5
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#5
Cause I know that I let you down
G#5
And I don't want to deal with that

Intro repeated*


A#5
It just now hit me this is more than just a set back
C#5
And when you spelled it out, well, I guess I didn't get that
F#5
And every trace of momentum is gone
         C#5                   G#5                          A#5
And this isn't turning out the way I want  

And after all of my alibis desert me
C#5
I just want to get by
 
I don't want nothing to hurt me
  F#5                               
I had no idea where my head was at 
          C#5                           G#5
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
         A#5                       G#5                C#5
Because I just want for all of this to end


           F#5        C#5
And I so hate consequences
         A#5                                          G#5
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#5                C#5
  Ohh....... Consequences
      A#5                             G#5
Oh God, don't make me face up to this
           F#5       C#5
And I so hate consequences
        A#5                                            G#5
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#5
Cause I know that I let you down
G#5
And I don't want to deal with that


 A#5
And I spent all last night
             F#5
Tearing down

Every stoplight
                           C#5
And stop sign in this town

Now I think there might
                         G#5
Be no way to stop me now

I'll get away despite
                            F#5
The fact I'm so weighed down


          G#5                                    A#5       
All of my escapes have been exhausted

I thought I had a way but then I lost it
F#5                                  G#5
And my resistance was once much stronger
A#5
And I know I can't go on like this much longer


F#5 ,         C#5 ,  F#5 ,            C#5

C#5                                      A#5
When I got tired of running from you
                                           F#5
I stopped right there to catch my breath
                                      C#5
There your words they caught my ears 
                     G#5               C#5
You said, "I miss you son. Come home"
                                     A#5
And my sins, they watched me leave
                              F#5
And in my heart I so believed 
                                 C#5
The love you felt for me was mine 
                          G#5         D#5
The love I'd wished for all this time 

And when the doors were closed
A#5                G#5
I heard no I told you so's
   F#5
I said the words I knew you knew
          C#5              G#5
Oh God, Oh God I needed you
A#5                          G#5                   F#5      
God all this time I needed you, I needed you

          
          F#5       C#5
And I so hate consequences
         A#5                                          G#5
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#5                C#5
  I hate these Consequences
      A#5                             
And I know that I let you down
G#5
And I don't want to deal with that

Outro: 
F#5 , G#5 , A#5 , F#5 , C#5 , F#5 , C#5