Verse
 
Am 
  She's only 17 her whole life's ahead of her 
F 
  She hates school because the people there discredit her 
C 
  Her boyfriend tries to show her that's not how it seems 
G                                     Em 
  But every day she just gets lowered with her self esteem 
Am 
  He lets her know that every night will have a brighter day 
F 
  She even tried to overdose and take her life away 
C 
  She's feeling hopeless there just sitting down beside her bed 
G                                      Em 
  Then he takes his hand and places it beside her head 
Am 
  He tries to hold her but with every touch she still resists 
F 
  Then he sees the scars that burry deep within her wrists 
C 
  She's feeling numb, he starts to beg and plead and ask her why 
G                                         Em 
  She says this way I have control of the pain she feels inside 
Am 
  He's asking her how long it's been since you've felt this 
F 
  Way because you got me here, just feeling so damn helpless 
C 
  She says it's been a while I guess I needed better luck 
G                                      Em 
  Then he screams at her and tells her Baby never cut 
 
Chorus
  Am 
Nobody seems to get you, you feel you're on your own 
     F 
But listen pretty lady you don't have to be alone 
C 
So baby don't cut, baby don't cut 
G                            Em 
You can do anything, just promise baby yeah 
  Am 
I know your heart is hurting, you think the road has end 
    F 
You may just feel that bade your holding is your only friend 
C 
But baby don't cut, baby don't cut 
G                         Em 
You can do anything, just promise baby you won't... 
 
Verse
 
Am 
  The next day at school she's feeling better than the day before 
F 
  Even cracked a couple smiles as she walked the corridor 
C 
  But all that seemed to end she Dropped her books when she walked into class 
G                                              Em 
  And every student in the room just seemed to point and laugh 
Am 
  She couldn't take it anymore she sent her boy a text 
F 
  It said I love you with my body, heart and soul to death 
C 
  He thought nothing typed I love you then he sent it 
G                                       Em 
  By death, he didn't know that she had literally just meant it 
 
Cause see 
Am 
  She ducked the next class ran home into the bathroom 
F 
  Thought to her self she wouldn't break her promise that soon 
C *          C *           C *           C * 
not 1 cut... not 2 cuts... not 3 cuts... its 4 
G                                          Em 
  The blood just started dripping from the tub to the floor 
Am 
  Her boyfriend had a feeling in his stomach that he hated 
F 
  He followed it right down to her house he never waited 
C 
  The front door was open, he heard the water running 
G                                                  Em 
  He stormed into the bathroom and his heart just started gunning 
 
Chorus
  Am 
Nobody seems to get you, you feel you're on your own 
     F 
But listen pretty lady you don't have to be alone 
C 
So baby don't cut, baby don't cut 
G                            Em 
You can do anything, just promise baby yeah 
  Am 
I know your heart is hurting, you think the road has end 
    F 
You may just feel that bade your holding is your only friend 
C 
But baby don't cut, baby don't cut 
G                         Em 
You can do anything, just promise 
 
Bridge
 
(this part is slow. *= single strum ) 
 
Am *                       Am *         Am *                 Am * 
He put her arm around his shoulder he's just trying lean her back up 
F*              F *        F *                 F * 
Yelling out her name as he lays her beside the bathtub 
C *                C *            C *            C * 
He feels his whole world just got hit from a big avalanche 
G *              G *      Em *             Em * 
Screaming out so heavily, somebody call an ambulance 
Am *        Am *         Am *            Am * 
Felling mad angry like somebody led her on to this 
F*                F *     F *                 F * 
Her eyeballs are rolling, drifting out of consciousness 
C *         C *             C *             C * 
Thinking to himself why the hell didn't she just stop at will 
G *                    G *        Em *             Em * 
The tears just keep on rolling as they head to the hospital 
 
(back to normal) 
 
Verse
 
Am 
Paramedics rush her in, the doctor calls emergency 
F 
She's lost a lot of blood the place looking like a murder scene 
   C 
An hour later, the doc walks in with a sour face 
G                                            Em 
   And says excuse me for the words that I'm about to say 
Am 
  I'm sorry for your loss, the boy just starts collapsing 
    F 
His own world, his own girl just took a crashing 
C 
Saying to himself that it's his fault and that he let it up 
G                              Em 
But baby, I thought you made a promise you would never cut 
 
Chorus
 
 Am 
Nobody seems to get you, you feel you're on your own 
     F 
But listen pretty lady you don't have to be alone 
C 
So baby don't cut, baby don't cut 
G                            Em 
You can do anything, just promise 
  Am 
I know your heart is hurting, you think the road has end 
    F 
You may just feel that bade your holding is your only friend 
C 
But baby don't cut, baby don't cut 
G                         Em 
You can do anything, just promise baby you won't cut 
Am * 
Please don't cut 
F * 
Baby don't cut 
C * 
Baby don't cut 
G *        Em * 
Baby don't cut