Key: G

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: G C Em D 


Verse 1:
          G           C
Skies are crying I am watching
         Em              D  
Catching teardrops in my hands 
     G               C
Only silence as its ending
        Em          D
Like we never had a chance


Refrain 1:
       Em              C
Do you have to make me feel 
            G               D
like theres nothing left of me?


Chorus 1: 
             G            C
You can take everything I have
              Em           D
You can break everything I am
                 G    C
Like I'm made of glass
                 Em   D
Like I'm made of paper
          Em
Go on and try to 
        C
tear me down
          G
I will be rising 
         D
from the ground
           Em    C
Like a skyscraper
           G     D
Like a skyscraper


Verse 2:
       G                      
As the smoke clears
   C
I awaken and 
  Em              D
untangle you from me
         G             C
Would it make you feel better
   Em               D
To watch me while I bleed? 


Refrain 2:
       Em
All my windows 
          C
still are broken 
         G             D
But I'm standing on my feet


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
Am           Em
  Go run run run
                    C
Im gonna stay right here
               G
Watch you disappear yeah
Am           Em
  Go run run run
           D        C
Yeah its a long way down
       G
But Im closer to 
          D(hold)
clouds up here


Chorus 2:
             G            C
You can take everything I have
              Em           D
You can break everything I am
                 G    C
Like I'm made of glass
                 Em   D
Like I'm made of paper
          Em
Go on and try to 
        C
tear me down
          G
I will be rising 
         D
from the ground
           Em    C
Like a skyscraper
           G     D
Like a skyscraper
           Em    C
Like a skyscraper
           G     D
Like a skyscraper
           Em    C G/B D(hold)
Like a skyscraper