Key: C5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G5 - 320003
A5 - x02210
E5 - 022000
F5 - 133211
D5 - xx0231
C- x32010
Intro: G5 A5 G5 A5 E5 F5 E5 F5
G5 A5 G5 A5 E5 F5 Dm(hold)
It's up to you!
Verse 1:
G5 A5
This ain't no TV show
G5 A5
You watch my head explode
E5 F5
Ten thousand
E5 F5
hours every day
G5 A5
No time to be afraid
G5 A5
Chase up the
rattle snakes
E5 F5
Don't let your fear
E5 F5
control your fate
Refrain 1:
D5 C5
The ghost of self denial
D5 C5
It whispers from the grave
D5 C5
The road you can't rely on
E5 F5
Is a risk that you must take
Chorus:
A5
I'm running across the tracks
(And I'm never coming back)
Oh, I'm running across the tracks
(And I'm never coming back)
C5
Pulling the blindfolds back
F5
All we did in life
A5
I'm running across the tracks
(And I'm never coming back)
Oh, I'm running across the tracks
(And I'm never coming back)
C5
We're gonna escape
F5
this trap Gotta get a life
Verse 2:
G5 A5
Stuck in this prison cell
G5 A5
Just like a criminal
E5 F5
I count the years
E5 F5
that went to waste
G5 A5
If this road goes to hell
G5 A5
I'm right back where I fell
E5 F5 E5 F5
Made a career from my mistakes
Refrain 2:
D5 C5
The ghost of self denial
D5 C5
It whispers from the grave
D5 C5
The road you can't rely on
Could be your saving grace
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
A5
And every step that
I aim to take
(I fall behind
I fall behind)
C5
And every leg that
I have to break
F5
(These scars are mine
These scars are mine)
A5
And everyday that
I'd pray for you
(I close my eyes
I close my eyes)
C5
At least I can say
that we made it through
D5
(The stars aligned
The stars aligned)
The stars aligned
F----- <--- Guitar Solo
The stars aligned
A5 F5 A5
The stars aligned
Verse 3:
F5
And words just
can't explain
the struggle of a
A5
dead men's fight
A dead mens fight
F5
And silver spoons get
by the wasted mother
A5
hard earns life
A hard earns life
Verse 4:
F5
Every step that
I aim to take
(I fall behind
I fall behind)
A5
And every leg that
I have to break
(These scars are mine
These scars are mine)
D5
And everyday that
I'd pray for you
F5
(I close my eyes
I close my eyes)
A5
And I hope that
you make it through
Yeah I hope that
G5 C5
you make through
Am--- Am(hold)
It's up to you!
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
A5
And every step that
I aim to take
(I fall behind
I fall behind)
C5
And every leg that
I have to break
F5
(These scars are mine
These scars are mine)
A5
And everyday that
I'd pray for you
(I close my eyes
I close my eyes)
C5
At least I can say
that we made it through
F5
(The stars aligned
The stars aligned)
Am(hold)
The stars aligned