Intro 4x: B5  D5  A5  A5

Verso:
B5                    D5
     Bang Bang go the coffin nails
       A5                  A5
Like a breath exhaled and gone forever
B5                   D5
     Seems like just yesterday
A5                  A5
How did I miss the red flags

B5                    D5
Raised? Think back to days we laughed
   A5                     A5
We braved these bitter storms together
B5             D5
Brought to his knees he cried,
A5               A5
     But on his feet he died

Pr?-Refr?o:
B5        D5                    A5
     What God could damn a har-eart?
         B5               D5
And what God drove us apa-hart (?Apart?)?
     A5      
What God co-hould (?Could?)

Refr?o:
B5           D5              A5
     Make it stop, let this end
         E5
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
B5             D5                  A5
     It?s come this, a weightless step
       E5
On the way down singing
B5      D5          A5     E5
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
B5      D5          A5     E5
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

( B5  D5  A5  A5 ) (2x)

Verso:
B5                      D5
     Bang bang from the closet walls
    A5                      A5
The schoolhouse halls, the shotgun?s loaded
B5               D5
     Push me and I?ll push back
A5                     A5
     I?m done asking, I demand

B5            D5
From a nation under God
  A5                    A5
I feel its love like a cattle prod
B5                     D5
     I?m born free but still they hate
A5                     A5
     I?m born me, no, I can?t change

Pr?-Refr?o:
B5               D5            A5
     It?s always darkest just before the dawn
   B5              D5
So stay awake with me
N/C             B5
LETS PROVE THEM WRONG

Refr?o:
        D5              A5
Make it stop, let this end
         E5
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
B5             D5                  A5
     It?s come this, a weightless step
       E5
On the way down singing
B5      D5          A5     E5
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
B5      D5          A5     E5
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Ponte:
B5                  A5
     The cold river washed him away
    F#5              G5
But how could we forget
    B5              A5
The gatherings hold candles
G5
     But not their tongues
    B5                 A5
And too much blood has flown from the wrists
       F#5                  G5                   B5
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss

         D5                A5
Who will rise to stop the blood?
                  B5             D5
We?re counting for, insisting on
                 A5                  B5      D5          A5     E5
A different beat, yeah, a brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
B5      D5          A5     E5
A brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
B5      D5          A5     E5
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
B5      D5          A5     E5
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Refr?o:
B5           D5               A5
     Make it stop, make this end
                E5                  B5
This life chose me, I'm not lost in sin.
            D5              A5
And proud I stand of who I am
          E5
I plan to go on living!

B5           D5               A5
     Make it stop, make this end
          E5
All these years pushed to the ledge.
B5               D5              A5
     And proud I stand of who I am
          E5
I plan to go on living!