Key: B5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: G#m--E-Ebm-C#m-B-F#/Bb-E-F#-- x2
Verse 1:
Ab5
The night skys black and i'm
E5 Eb5 C#5 B5
awake lying on the ground
F#5 E5
the grass beneath my feet is hard
F#5 Ab5
and cold just like i've come to be
the stars are gone behind the
E5 Eb5 C#5 B5
clouds and i can't see a thing
F#5
so i'll just let my eyes stay
E5 F#5
closed just like me i can't open up
Chorus:
B5 E5
Cause i'm all wrong and i don't
F#5 Ab5
see a chance to fix this head
B5 E5
so just give up write me
F#5
off pretend i don't exist
Post Chorus: G#m--E-Ebm-C#m-B-F#/Bb-E-F#--
Verse 2:
Ab5
there's something in an empty
E5 Eb5
bed that makes it hard
C#5 B5
to close your eyes
F#5
it can eat at you until
E5 F#5
they both turn black and blue
Ab5
and all you want is a
E5 Eb5
reason you should live
C#5 B5 F#5
or a way for you to die
E5 F#5
a way for you to die
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
E5
the grounds opening up
Ab5 B5
i'm falling down below
G5 F#5
an endless fall into a place
C#5
that i don't think a
E5
child should know
E5
and i'm screaming out a
name that could
Ab5 B5
never pass my lips
G5 F#5
the poison in my veins that
C#/F E E---
got me through her kiss
Guitar Solo: G#m--E-Ebm-C#m-B-F#/Bb-E-F#-- x2
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Bridge except last Chord)
Outro:
C#5
and now i'm too hung up on
F#5 Eb5 Ab5
that to have anything with you
E5 F#5
it's the poison in my veins
E5 F#5
the poison in my veins
E5 F#5
the poison in my veins
B(hold)
that got me through