Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: E -- B - C#m - A -- C#m - B -
E -- B - C#m - A - E/G# - F#m -
Verse 1:
E B
Are you having trouble
C#m A
finding sleep at night?
E B
Or does your lack of conscience
C#m E/G# A
tell you everything's al---right
E B
I trust your good intentions that
C#m E/G# A
you're watching over friend
F#m
You must think that I?m crazy if
E/G# A
I don?t see through that plan
Chorus 1:
E
So tell me what your best
B A
friend knows that I don?t know
E
Tell me why you talk me
B A
down wherever you go
E
You?re a saint you're a queen
B
And I?m just another
C#m E/G# A
boy without a crown
F#m
Tell me why you sell me
A
out every where you go
B
I just wanna know what
your best friend knows
(Repeat Intro)
Verse 2:
E B
So vindictive you?ll
C#m A
say anything you like
E
The smile you fake
B
the steps you take
C#m
You know you never
E/G# A
could get it right
E B
Talk is cheep so make believe
C#m E/G# A
your secrets find a grave
F#m
It's to late you gave up your
E/G# A
last chance to walk away
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
E
You stand a little to tall
say a little to much
Gonna bite that know
it all tongue
A
You tried a little to hard
now I?m calling that bluff
Big plans are coming undone
E/G#
That?s just typical
you're so cynical
A
Couldn?t have me
I didn?t want you
You're selling me out to the
girl I can?t afford to lose
E
You stand a little to tall
say a little to much
Gonna bite that know
it all tongue
A
You tried a little to hard
now I?m calling that bluff
Big plans are coming undone
E/G#
That?s just typical
you're so cynical
A
Couldn?t have me
I didn?t want you
You set yourself up to lose
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
E B C#m
What your best friend knows
A C#m B
I'm ever gonna let this go
E B A - E/G# - F#m (hold)
What your best friend knows