Am G Grew up in a small town C F And when the rain would fall down Am G F C I'd just stare out my window Am G Dreamin' of what could be C F And if I'd end up happy Am G F (C) I would pray Am G Trying hard to reach out C F But when I tried to speak out Am G F C Felt like no one could hear me Am G Wanted to belong here C F But something felt so wrong here Am G F So I'd pray Am G D F I could breakaway C G I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly Am F I'll do what it takes 'til I touch the sky C G And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change Am G F And breakaway C G Out of the darkness and into the sun Am F But I won't forget all the ones that I love C G I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change Am G C And breakaway G Buildings with a hundred floors F Swinging 'round revolving doors Am F C Maybe I don't know where they'll take me, but G F Gotta keep movin' on, movin' on D Fly away F G Breakaway (just play these tones on the topE streng) G Here's the thing B Em We started out friends F#G It was cool, but it was all pretend Yeah yeah B Em F# G Since you been gone (take the chord but just play on the top one, two or three) G B Em You're dedicated, you took the time F# G Wasn't long 'til I called you mine Yeah yeah B Em Since you been gone (take the chord play on the top 3 or 4) F# G And all you'd ever hear me say B Em Is how I picture me with you F# G That's all you'd ever hear me say (play normaly) (CHOURSE) Em C G But since you been gone Em C G I can breathe for the first time Em I'm so moving on C G Yeah yeah Am Thanks to you G D Now I get what I want G Since you been gone (same as first verse) How can I put it, you put me on I even fell for that stupid love song Yeah yeah Since you been gone How come I'd never hear you say I just wanna be with be with you Guess you never felt that way CHOURSE C G You had your chance, you blew it C G Out of sight, out of mind D Em Shut your mouth I just can't take it C Em Again, and again, and again, and again... Em C G X 4 CHOURSE Em C G I can breathe for the first time Em I'm so moving on C G Yeah yeah Am G Thanks to you (thanks to you), now I get (I get) Am You should know (you should know) G That I get D I get what I want G Since you been gone Em Since you been gone D Since you been gone F# D Seems like just yesterday A E You were a part of me F# D I used to stand so tall A E I used to be so strong F# D Your arms around me tight A E Everything it felt so right F# D A Unbreakable like nothing could E go wrong D Now I can't breathe A No I can't sleep F# E I'm barely hanging on F# Here I am D Once again A E I'm torn into pieces F# Can't deny it D Can't pretend A E Just thought you were the one F# A Broken up deep inside Bm But you won't get to see the tears F# D I cry A E Behind these hazel eyes I told you everything Opened up and let you in You made me feel alright for once in my life Now all that's left of me Is what I pretend to be So together but so broken up inside Cause I can't breathe No I can't sleep I'm barely hanging on Em D I will not make C The same mistakes that you did Em D I will not let myself C Cause my heart so much misery Em D I will not break C The way you did, you fell so hard Em D I've learned the hard way C D To never let it get that far Em Because of you C D I never stray too far from the sidewalk Em Because of you C D I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt Em Because of you C D I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me C D Because of you I am afraid I lose my way And it's not too long before you point it out I cannot cry Because I know that's weakness in your eyes I'm forced to fake A smile, a laugh, every day of my life My heart can't possibly break When it wasn't even whole to start with I watched you die I heard you cry every night in your sleep I was so young You should have known better than to lean on me You never thought of anyone else You just saw your pain And now I cry in the middle of the night For the same damn thing Because of you Because of you Because of you I am afraid Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt Because of you I try my hardest just to forget everything Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty Because of you I am afraid Because of you Bbm F# Ab Ebm It's like your a drug It's like your a demon I can't face down It's like I'm stunned It's like I'm running from you all the time And I know I let you have all powers like The only company I see is misery all around It's like your a leech Sucking the life from me It's like I can't breathe Without you inside of me And I know I let you have all the power And I realize I'm not gonna quit you over time Bbm F# Ab Ebm It's like I can't breathe It's like I can't see anything Nothing but you I'm addicted to you It's like I can't think Without you in You're haunting me In my thoughts In my dreams You're taking over me Ebm It's like I'm not me F It's like I'm not me Bbm Ab F# Ebm I'm hooked on you I need a fix I can't take it Just one more hit I promise I can do with it I'll handle then quit it Just one more time then that's it Just don't let open But you'll get me through this C I don't believe Bb In the smile that you leave me with F C When you walk away and say goodbye Well I don't expect Bb F C The world to implode beneath me but for God's sake could you try I know that you're true to me Bb You're always there, you say you care F G I know that you wanna be mine Bb Where is your heart F C Cause I don't really feel you Bb Where is your heart F C What I really want is to believe you Bb F Is it so hard to give me what I need Am I want your heart to bleed G Bb F And that's all I'm asking for C Where is your heart? I don't understand Your love is so cold It's always me who's reaching out for your hand I always dreamed That love would be effortless Like a petal falling to the ground A dreamer following his dream G F C It seems so much is left inside G F But you can say anything Am G Oh anytime you need Am G Bb Baby it's just you and me I know that you're true to me You're always there, you say you care I know that you wanna be mine C#m B Is this a dream A If it is B C#m Please don't wake me from this high B I'd become A Comfortably numb B A Until you opened up my eyes B To what it's like A When everything's right B Oh I can't believe E A You found me C#m B When no one else was looking E A C#m B How did you know just where I would be E A C#m B Yeah you broke through all of my confusion E A C#m B The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave E A C#m B I guess that you saw what nobody could see E You found me So here we are And that's pretty far When you think of where we've been No going back I'm fading out All that has faded me within You're by my side Now everything's fine I can believe I was hiding Till you came along And showed me where I belong You found me When no one else was looking How did you know just where I would be Yeah you broke through all of my confusion The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave I guess that you saw what nobody could see The good and the bad and the things (everything) in between You found me Am I woke up today C Woke up wide awake F In an empty bed G Staring at an empty room Am I have myself to blame C For the state I'm in today F G And now dying doesn't seem so cruel Am F And oh, I don't know what to say G Dm And I don't know anyway, anymore F C G Am I hate myself for losing you F C G Am I'm seeing it all so clear F C G Am I hate myself for losing you F C What do you do when you look in the mirror G Am And staring at you is why he's not here You got what you deserved Hope you're happy now 'Cause every time I think of both of you It's killing me inside And now I dread each day Knowing that I can't be saved From the loneliness of living without you And oh, I don't know what to Not sure that I'll pull through I wish you knew I hate myself for losing you And oh, I don't know what to do Not sure that I'll pull through I wish you knew, I wish you knew And oh, I don't know what to say And I don't know anyway, anymore No, no What do you say, when everything you said Is the reason why he left you in the end How do you cry when every day you said Don't ever bring him back again Cm Gm You gotta be out there Cm Gm You gotta be somewhere Cm Gm Wherever you are F Gm I'm waiting... Cm Gm Cause there are these nights when Cm Gm I sing myself to sleep Cm And I'm hoping my dreams bring F Gm You close to me Cm Are you listening? Gm Bb Cm Hear me I'm crying out I'm ready now Gm Bb Cm Turn my world upside down Find me Gm Bb Cm I'm lost inside this crowd It's getting loud Gm I need you to see Bb Cm I'm screaming for you to please Gm Bb Hear me Cm Can you hear me? I used to be scared of Letting someone in But it gets so lonely Being on my own With no one to talk to and No one to hold me I'm not always strong Oh I need you here Are you listening? Gm I'm restless and wild Bb I fall but I try Cm I need someone to understand (Can you hear me?) Gm I'm lost in my thoughts Bb And baby I've fought Cm For all that I've got Can you hear me? D G C He drowns in his dreams D G C An exquisite extreme, I know D G C He's as damned as he seems D G C And more heaven than a heart could hold Em C D And if I tried to save him Bm Em My whole world could cave in C Am It just ain't right, it just ain't right D Oh and I don't know C I don't know what he's after D But he's so beautiful C D Such a beautiful disaster D And if I could hold on C Through the tears and the laughter D Would it be beautiful? C D Or just a beautiful disaster? Cm Eb F I'm longing for love and the logical Bb F Gm But he's only happy hysterical Cm Eb F I'm waitin' for some kind of miracle G C Waiting so long, G C So long
