Intro 
E - A - B- A B E  2x 
 
E 
        A                    B      
Can you give me solid ground, 
           A         B       E 
cause all my footsteps turn me down, 
 
one by one. 
 
E 
        A                   B 
Can you give me free advice, 
        A       B     E   
I don't know if I can, 
 
but I'll try to listen. 
 
E 
          A                   B  
And I can blast friendship to hell, 
         A           B      E 
or I can try to make things better. 
 
Believe me, that'll make things better. 
 
E 
                A                  B 
They change the rules when it's my turn, 
            A         B     E 
so they can laugh and watch me burn. 
 
E 
      A                 E 
I can laugh about it, 
 
E 
         A               E 
or I can cry about it. 
 
E 
           A                   
I should ignore the words you say. 
               E 
Cause they can hurt, but won't k*ll me 
                          E A B  
They can hurt, but won't k*ll me. 
A        B        E 
They can hurt but won't k*ll me. 
 
E 
            A                 B 
A fist full of the things you love. 
         A       B        E 
Life's a quiz so cough it up. 
 
Go on and cough it up now. 
 
E 
         A                 B 
When the future's far away, 
            A      B      E 
it's always better then today. 
   
E 
         A               B 
And everytime I'm having fun, 
              A       B     E 
there's something I'm doing wrong. 
 
E 
               A                  B 
And all these warning lights are lit, 
           A         B    E 
but always after you need it. 
 
Yeah well anyway 
 
E 
      A                   E 
I can laugh about it. I'd better try to laugh. 
 
E 
      A                    E 
I can cry about it. You'll never see me cry 
 
E 
           A                   
I should ignore the words you say. 
               E 
Cause they can hurt, but won't k*ll me 
                          E A B  
They can hurt, but won't k*ll me. 
A        B        E 
They can hurt but won't k*ll me. 
 
E - A - B- A B E  2x 
 
E 
         A                        E 
So I can laugh about it. Yeah I'd better try to laugh. 
 
E 
      A                            E 
I can cry about it. You know you'll never see me cry. 
 
E 
           A 
I should ignore the words you say. 
         E 
They can hurt, but won't k*ll me. 
               A 
Cause they can hurt, but won't k*ll me. 
               E 
No they won't k*ll me. 
 
Tabbed By: 
Sjoerd Kuijper, Frits Voskamp And Frank Tichela