Am N.C. E N.C. Dm N.C. I mean no disrespect I am simply E N.C Am N.C. Very perplexed by your ways Am E F And I, I can feel the pull begin C Am I feel my conscience wearing thin E F And my skin, it will start C Am To break up and fall apart F Dm Can you save, can you save Am G Can you save my heavy dirty soul Dm Am They say stay in your lane boy, lane boy G But we go where we want to Dm Am They think this thing is a highway, highway G But will they be alive tomorrow C Dm Am Get up Johnny boy, get up Johnny boy F G C Get up 'cause the world has left you lying, on the ground Dm Am You're my pride and joy, you're my pride and joy E C Am E Please don't make any sudden moves C Am E You don't know the half of the abused G D Hello, we haven't talked in quite some time Em C I know I haven't been the best G D Of sons, hello, I've been travelling in the desert of my mind Em C And I haven't found a drop Em C G I know where you stand D Em Silent in the trees C G And that's where I am D Silent Em C I won't fall in love with falling G B I will try to avoid those eyes C G D And everyone gather around for a show Em C Watch as this man disappears as we know G Em Look in the mirror G Em And ask yourself if you're alright G D Won't you stay alive Em I'll take you on a ride C D G I will make you believe that you are lovely Am G Wish we could turn back time C E To the good old days Am G C E When our mamas sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out A E That you all have guns B But you never put the safety on A E And you all have plans B To take it, to take it, don't take it, take it, take it C#m B E I'm the son of all I've done, I'm the son of all I've done G# Imposter, been fostered C#m Then my new father drained my dirty blood E C#m A And I'll fall down, and I'll break down B E And I'll fake you out, all I wanna F#m A Even when I doubt you C#m B I'm no good without you E A You'll have to watch me struggle C#m From several rooms away E B E But tonight, I need you to stay F#m E A F#m E A We don't believe what's on TV F#m E A Because it's what we want to see A D I'm semi-automatic F#m My prayers schizophrenic E But I'll live on yeah I'll live on A And about this time of every year D The line will go to the ocean pier F#m E A And march right off into the sea D F#m E Though I'm weak, and beaten down D F#m E I'll slip away, into the sound A At my kitchen sink D You don't know what that means F#m Because a kitchen sink to you E Is not a kitchen sink to me, ok friend F#m D I'm fairly local, I've been around A E I've seen the streets, you're walking down F#m D I'm fairly local, good people now A E Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh A E Friend, please remove your hands F#m D From over your eyes for me A F#m You are tired, you are worn E D A moth ate through your favourite shirt A Where'd you go, huh? E They all think I know you D It's so hard to motivate Me to devote a A Single inch of me to E Something I can't see D A E Am I the only one I know D A E Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat A D A I wanna strip myself of breath E A D A A breathless beast of death I've made for you D A Heard you say, "Not today" F#m E Tore the curtains down, windows open, now make a sound D Help me polarize, help me polarize F#m Help me down Bm A E Those stairs is where I'll be hiding all my problems A G A G She's the tear in my heart A I'm alive Bm She's the tear in my heart A I'm on fire C#m Release me from the present C#m I'm obsessing, all these questions C#m Why I'm in denial C F Am C F Am F Oh, miss believer, my pretty weeper C Am F G Your twisted thoughts are like snow on the rooftops F C You're the judge, oh no G Am Set me free C I'm standing in front of you G I'm standing in front of you Am I'm trying to be so cool F Everything together trying to be so cool F Am You are surrounding all my surroundings C Sounding down the mountain range G Of my left-side brain C F Am C F She asked me, "Son, when I grow old Am G Will you buy me a house of gold? F I ponder of something great F G My lungs will fill and then deflate Am They fill with fire, exhale desire G I know it's dire my time today C G D C G D Stay alive, stay alive for me C G D You will die, but now your life is free G Am Em G Am Em I put my socks on my feet, G Am Em Just so that my soul won't fall through my toes G Am You will never know, what's behind my skull Em D So won't you say goodnight, so I can say goodbye C Am Em C Am Em Ruby I hope I see you, I've waited all this week C Am Em For you to walk my way, and your soul will capture me Em Am We pick songs to sing, remind us of things that nobody cares about G B And honestly we're probably more suicidal than ever now G Em I'll stay awake Am D G 'Cause the dark's not taking prisoners tonight D Am C Em D Am C Em Where we're from, there's no sun, our hometown's in the dark G Em Oh, oh Am C I'm falling so I'm taking my time on my ride G Hey, oh D G I'm holding on to what I know Bm And what I know, I must let go A G But I would rather play a song for the eyes to sing along A# F Dm C A# F The air begins to feel a little thin Dm C As I start the car, and then I begin F C Dm I scream, you scream, we all scream A# C 'Cause we're all terrified of what's around the corner E Am Us to sleep but now we're stressed out G C E Am G C E Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days Am G C E When our mamas sang us to sleep but now we're stressed out