Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G - 320003
Am - x02210
Em - 022000
F - 133211
Dm - xx0231
C- x32010
Intro: G Am G Am Em F Em F
G Am G Am Em F Dm(hold)
It's up to you!
Verse 1:
G Am
This ain't no TV show
G Am
You watch my head explode
Em F
Ten thousand
Em F
hours every day
G Am
No time to be afraid
G Am
Chase up the
rattle snakes
Em F
Don't let your fear
Em F
control your fate
Refrain 1:
Dm C
The ghost of self denial
Dm C
It whispers from the grave
Dm C
The road you can't rely on
Em F
Is a risk that you must take
Chorus:
Am
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)
C
Pulling the blindfolds back
F
All we did in life
Am
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)
C
We're gonna escape
F
this trap Gotta get a life
Verse 2:
G Am
Stuck in this prison cell
G Am
Just like a criminal
Em F
I count the years
Em F
that went to waste
G Am
If this road goes to hell
G Am
I'm right back where I fell
Em F Em F
Made a career from my mistakes
Refrain 2:
Dm C
The ghost of self denial
Dm C
It whispers from the grave
Dm C
The road you can't rely on
Could be your saving grace
(Repeat Chorus)
Bridge:
Am
And every step that
I aim to take
(I fall behind
I fall behind)
C
And every leg that
I have to break
F
(These scars are mine
These scars are mine)
Am
And everyday that
I'd pray for you
(I close my eyes
I close my eyes)
C
At least I can say
that we made it through
Dm
(The stars aligned
The stars aligned)
The stars aligned
F----- <--- Guitar Solo
The stars aligned
Am F Am
The stars aligned
Verse 3:
F
And words just
can't explain
the struggle of a
Am
dead men's fight
A dead mens fight
F
And silver spoons get
by the wasted mother
Am
hard earns life
A hard earns life
Verse 4:
F
Every step that
I aim to take
(I fall behind
I fall behind)
Am
And every leg that
I have to break
(These scars are mine
These scars are mine)
Dm
And everyday that
I'd pray for you
F
(I close my eyes
I close my eyes)
Am
And I hope that
you make it through
Yeah I hope that
G/B C
you make through
Am--- Am(hold)
It's up to you!
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
Am
And every step that
I aim to take
(I fall behind
I fall behind)
C
And every leg that
I have to break
F
(These scars are mine
These scars are mine)
Am
And everyday that
I'd pray for you
(I close my eyes
I close my eyes)
C
At least I can say
that we made it through
F
(The stars aligned
The stars aligned)
Am(hold)
The stars aligned