
Chords used
Eb
Cm
Bb
Ab
Bb/D
Fm
Gm
Db
D#m
B
C
F#/A
F
Bm
D
Em
G
A
D/F
Am
Em7
Cadd9
F#m
E
B/D
C#5
A5
Bb5
C5
B5
G/B
Dm
1.
Spark
Key: EbHardEb
Cm
Bb
Ab
Bb/D
Fm
Gm
Db
Eb
then
CmEbBb
CmEbAb
CmBb/DEb
Eb Forgetting scene and deafening sound
I walk the Halls and there's no one around
The Cmbells Ebring BboutCm the bells Ebring About
but there's Cmno Bb/Done aEbround
ReFmmember the Cmplace that we Ebused to Bbgo?
We'd sFmcream so Cmloud and Eblose conBbtrol
FmMaybe we Cmgot too EboldBb
So Gmjust let go Bbjust let go
And lose control
AbMaybe I'll start a fire and
Fmmaybe I'll just be a spark
Cm I can't live in the dark
I Bbknow one day I'll burn
as Dbbright as the sun
AbMaybe I'll soar in the stars
or Bbmaybe I'll end up to far
Cm I can't Eblive on the Abrun
I Cmknow one Fmday I'll burn
as Ebbright as the sun
Eb The street light are flickering out
I walk the haunts in my home town
The Cmsun Ebwent BbdownCm the sun Ebwent
Abdown and there's Cmno Bb/Done aEbround
ReFmmember the Cmplace that we Ebused to Bbgo?
We'd sFmcream so Cmloud and Eblose conBbtrol
FmMaybe we Cmgot too EboldBb
So Gmjust let go Bbjust let go
And lose control
AbMaybe I'll start a fire and
Fmmaybe I'll just be a spark
Cm I can't live in the dark
I Bbknow one day I'll burn
as Dbbright as the sun
AbMaybe I'll soar in the stars
or Bbmaybe I'll end up to far
Cm I can't Eblive on the Abrun
I Cmknow one Fmday I'll burn
as Ebbright as the sun
Instrumental
EbBbEb
Cm I just want to be cause Eb
anything is better than nothing
Fm I'm not afraid to shineEb I'm
not afraid to let this go
Cm I just want to be somethingEb cause
anything is better than nothing
Fm I'm not afraid to shineBb I'm not
afraid to let this go I'm
not afraid to lose control!
AbMaybe I'll start a fire and
Fmmaybe I'll just be a spark
Cm I can't live in the dark
I Bbknow one day I'll burn
as Dbbright as the sun
AbMaybe I'll soar in the stars
or Bbmaybe I'll end up to far
Cm I can't Eblive on the Abrun
I Cmknow one Fmday I'll burn
as Ebbright as the sun
2.
The Suicide Mile
Key: D#mHardD#m
B
C
F#/A
F
D#m My life is sBpinning around in Ccircles
It's like I'm wasting my D#mtime with
dead end sBtreets and concrete Cdreams
D#m I walk the Bsuicide mile just to Csee
this all fall down Now I D#mknow my
life is Bnot as bad as it Cseems
And D#mall these years were Bpassing
faster Cthan you think It's
D#mbigger than you and F#/Ame
As we Bflicker and
flash like a Cmemory
I Bturn my back aFgainst the sun
Spend sCleepless nights D#mwith a
loaded Bgun The demons Fin my
head keep Cme aliveD#m F BBroken
and beFyond repair A Cuseless
fear that D#mkeeps me quiet Bhere
I'm just Ftrying to surCvive
on the suicide mile
D#m These nights are Bdark
and never Cending
It's like I'm losing my D#mmind
with flashing Blights on TV
sCcreensD#m I walk the Bsuicide
mile just to Ccalm myself down
Now I D#mknow this world
isn't sBpinning just for Cme
And D#mall these years were Bpassing
faster Cthan you think It's
D#mbigger than you and F#/Ame
As we Bflicker and
flash like a Cmemory
I Bturn my back aFgainst the sun
Spend sCleepless nights D#mwith a
loaded Bgun The demons Fin my
head keep Cme aliveD#m F BBroken
and beFyond repair A Cuseless
fear that D#mkeeps me quiet Bhere
I'm just Ftrying to surCvive
on the suicide Cmile
BTo daze away is all I Creally need
BFlicker and flash just like a Cmemory
BTo daze away is all I Creally need
D#mFlicker and Fflash just like a memory
BTo daze away is all I Creally need
BFlicker and flash just like a Cmemory
BTo daze away is all I really need
D#mFlicker and Fflash just like a memory
CFlicker and flash just like a memory
I Bturn my back aFgainst the sun
Spend sCleepless nights D#mwith a
loaded Bgun The demons Fin my
head keep Cme aliveD#m F BBroken
and beFyond repair A Cuseless
fear that D#mkeeps me quiet Bhere
I'm just Ftrying to surCvive
on the suicide D#mmile
3.
Here I Am
Key: BmMediumBm
D
Em
G
F
A
Drumbeats
I lost myself again today
(I'm not sure if I care)
Bm there's always Dsomeone
sEmtanding Gin my Bmway
(as they sDtop as
they sEmtop and sGtare)
Bm stop Ddragging my Emlife aGround
Bm stop Dtalking beEmhind my Gback
Bm I Dlost myEmself aGgain toFday
(and I don't care)
GHere I Dam Bmlisten to me Anow
Ghere I sDtand BmI won't
let you Atear me Fdown
I Gdon't wanna live
so Emfar underground
so Ghere I am and Fnow
you're on your BmownD Em G
Bm I Dfought the Emworld and Glost toBmday
(I need a Dplace to Emcall my Gown)
Bm I Dmet myEmself aGlong the Fway
(I found the road that takes me home)
GHere I Dam Bmlisten to me Anow
Ghere I sDtand BmI won't
let you Atear me Fdown
I Gdon't wanna live
so Emfar underground
I Bmknow I'm lost
but Acan't be Ffound
so Ghere I am and Fnow
you're on your BmownBm Bm Bm
Bm Where Dis the Bmlife you Asaid
I Bmhad so Dfar in Bmfront of Ame
Bm I Dlost my Bmway Awhen you
Bmsaid I Dcould be BmanyAthing
Ghere I am and AI'm still waiting
Ghere I am unAtil you let me Bmgo D Em G
Bm I Dlost myEmself aGgain toBmday
(I'm not Dsure Emif I Gcare)
Bm there's always Dsomeone
sEmtanding Gin my Fway
GHere I Dam Bmlisten to me Anow
Ghere I sDtand BmI won't
let you Atear me Fdown
I Gdon't wanna live
so Emfar underground
I Bmknow I'm lost
but Acan't be Ffound
so Ghere I am and now
Ayou're stil lalone
GHere I Dam Bmlisten to me Anow
GHere I am and AI'm still waiting
GHere I am and Anow you're all aBmlone
4.
Oceans
Key: EmHardEm
C
D
G
D/F
Am
Bm
then
EmCDEmCD
GD/FEmCD
GD/FEm
C You live in letters sent with
shaky hands and circumstances
Em I bet you never thought your
life could turn so tragic
C A never ending summer in
the sand is not vacation
Am I swear I saw my life Cflash
before my eyes as the Emwaves
came Dcrashing downAm I saw
reflections of your Cface
up in the sky as the Emshots
fired beDfore you heard a sound
C What's it feel like to be alone?
Em The one you love is across the ocean
D You'll never know if he's coming home
C The firefight dear it isn't overEm
C You spend your nights drinking
alone waiting for phone calls
Em I bet you never thought your
life could seem so long
C I'd walk the ocean floor
so I could bring you home
Am I swear I saw my life Cflash
before my eyes as the Emwaves
came Dcrashing downAm I saw
reflections of your Cface
up in the sky as the Emshots
fired beDfore you heard a sound
C What's it feel like to be alone?
Em The one you love is across the ocean
D You'll never know if he's coming home
C The firefight dear it isn't overEm
C Sometimes life really isn't fair
D And maybe I wished you far
far from hereEm But all I ever
wanted was for you to care
Em All I ever wanted was
to meet you there
CSometimes life really isn't fair
And Bmmaybe I wished you far
far from hereEm But all I ever
wanted was for you to care
Em All I ever wanted was
to meet you there
CSometimes life really isn't fair
And Bmmaybe I wished you far
far from hereEm But all I ever
wanted was for you to care
Em All I ever wanted was
to meet you there
Am I swear I saw my life Cflash
before my eyes as the Emwaves
came Dcrashing down
C What's it feel like to be alone?
Em The one you love is across the ocean
D You'll never know if he's coming home
C The firefight dear it isn't over
C What's it feel like to be alone?
Em The one you love is across the ocean
D You'll never know if he's coming home
C The firefight dear it isn't overEm
5.
December
Key: EmHardEm7
Cadd9
Gm
D/F
C
D
Em
Am
Eb
Lets tEm7o try to remember these Cadd9days back in December
GmOur lives were very different
D/FI was lonely when we first met
Em7A small upstairs apartment
Cadd9Driving through the darknessGm before they even knew you were D/Fgone
CYou don't even have to speak because GmI can hear your heartbeat
DFluttering like butterflies Emsearching for a drink
CYou don't have to cover up Gmhow you feel when your in love
DI'll always know im not enough Emto even make you think
AmPlease, Cslow down Gmgirl
We're moving way to Amfast Cfor their Gmworld
GmWe gotta make this last
Em7I miss you so much, Cadd9a self inflicted coma
GmThe days drag on I never thought ofD/F running with their feet
Em7And when i feel the stress, Cadd9I'm lonely and depressed
GmI picture you in the dress D/Fyou wore four weeks ago
CYou don't even have to speak because GmI can hear your heartbeat
DFluttering like butterflies Emsearching for a drink
CYou don't have to cover up Gmhow you feel when your in love
DI'll always know im not enough Emto even make you think
AmPlease, Cslow down Gmgirl
We're moving way to Amfast Cfor their Gmworld
GmWe gotta make this lasAmt
I Cknow itGm hurts to feel so aloAmne
I'm Cby myseGmlf,
tabbed part...strum this
m t y c k
o h o o n
r e u u o
e n l w
D
AmC
GmIf only,
Eb t w a a-l
h e l o
e r l n
y e e
AmPlease, Cslow down Gmgirl
We're moving way to Amfast Cfor their Gmworld
GmWe gotta make this lasAmt
CSlow down Gmgirl
We're moving way to Amfast Cfor their Gmworld
GmWe gotta make this lasAmt
I Cknow itGm hurts to feel so aloAmne
I'm Cby myseGmlf,
m t y c k
o h o o n
r e u u o
e n l w
D
AmC
GmIf only,
t w a a-l
h e l o
e r l n
y e e
6.
Stay Awake Stay Alive
Key: F#mMediumF#m
D
E
A
F#mDEF#mAF#mA
then
F#m
F#m I took the wheel with burning eyes
Trying to stay aDwake just Etrying
to stay aF#mlive I lost control
somewhere in Colorado
D But I aEvoided flashing F#mlights
Stay awake to sAtay aElive
all we ever do is drive
D Let's sing a song about
the Ewinter for a change
The F#msunshine just Amakes
me close my Eeyes
DLet's remember snowy nights
Edriving down the interstate
F#mHoping that these Atires don't
sElide not toEnight oh not tonight
F#m I watch the miles and the
signs disappear before my Deyes
FolloEwing the highway F#mlines
Through foggy glass with music
loud snow falls from the Dclouds
Fuck that I'm Epulling over F#mnow
Stay awake to sAtay aElive
all we ever do is drive
D Let's sing a song about
the Ewinter for a change
The F#msunshine just Amakes
me close my Eeyes
DLet's remember snowy nights
Edriving down the interstate
F#mHoping that these Atires don't
sElide not toEnight oh not toF#mnightD F#m D F#m D F#m D
We F#mdrive we Dtry
We F#mdrive we Dtry
To F#mmake it Dthrough
the F#mnight aElive
We F#mdrive we Dtry
We F#mdrive we Dtry
To F#mlive unDder these
F#mflashing Elights
We F#mdrive we Dtry
We F#mdrive we Dtry
To F#mmake it Dthrough
the F#mnight aElive
D Let's sing a song about
the Ewinter for a change
The F#msunshine just Amakes
me close my Eeyes
DLet's remember snowy nights
Edriving down the interstate
D Let's sing a song about
the Ewinter for a change
The F#msunshine just Amakes
me close my Eeyes
DStay awake just stay alive
7.
Wasted In Nyc
Key: F#mMediumF#m
D
E
Bm
G
F#mDF#mDE
then
F#mDF#mDE
F#m Is this a break or a fracture?
D Sugar sweet and manufactured
F#m This cavity you opened in me
can't be Dclose so easiElyF#m I'll stitch
myself back togetherD forget the
years I've wasted in NYC
F#m Drag these bones back to Ohio
and Dlive like there's no toEmorrow
DLive this life while
Eyou're still young
I'm F#mtiredD I'm tired of
F#mchasDing Edreams I'm F#mtiredD
I'm tired of F#mlosiDng sEleep
For F#mnothing and Dno one
I'm F#msinking to the
Dbottom EAnd I'm gone
F#m Is this the start or the ending?
D What kind of messages are
you sending?F#m I see you for what
you areD, and what you are is
Eall my faultF#m I'll sever ties so
quicklyD forget the lies that
you sold meF#m Drag these bones
back to Ohio and Dlive
life in the Eshadows
DLive this life while
Eyou're still young
I'm F#mtiredD I'm tired of
F#mchasDing Edreams I'm F#mtiredD
I'm tired of F#mlosiDng sEleep
For F#mnothing and Dno one
I'm F#msinking to the
Dbottom EAnd I'm gone
Instrumental
DEF#mEDEBmEDEF#mG
G
then
F#mDF#mDE
I'm F#mtiredD I'm tired of
F#mchasDing Edreams I'm F#mtiredD
I'm tired of F#mlosiDng sEleep
For F#mnothing and Dno one
I'm F#msinking to the
Dbottom EAnd I'm gone
8.
Four White Walls
Key: EmHardEm
C
D/F
D
Bm
B/D
Em Four white walls
closing in around me
C This is a curtain call
C Now I am noD/Fthing
Em This is not my fault
Em the world is out to get me
C This is a curtain call
C Now I am noD/Fthing
C I used to be everyDthing
you wanted me to Embe
Now my life isn't Bmright
all this darkness without
a Clight But I'm alive
I'm aDlive. I gave up
and still surEmvived
But my life now my
Bmlife just isn't Cright
But my life now my
life just isn't right
Em You used to tell me I would
feel as Dgood as Cdead
Em I took these pills so I
could heal this Dbroken Chead
Em These four white walls
are closing Din aCround me
Em This is a curtain call
Now DI am Cnothing
I am B/Dnothing
C The worst in me is all I Dsee
I blame the world for everyEmthing
Now my life is upside Bmdown
as I stagger through this
one stop Ctown I'm looking
for so Dmuch more
The walls are closing
but where's the Emdoor
I found the ceiling
but where's the Bmfloor
One more shift at a
convenience sCtore
The walls are closing
but where's the door
Em You used to tell me I would
feel as Dgood as Cdead
Em I took these pills so I
could heal this Dbroken Chead
Em These four white walls
are closing Din aCround me
Em This is a curtain call
Now DI am Cnothing
DI am Cnothing
I am B/Dnothing
Em Four white walls
closing in around me
C This is a curtain call
C Now I am noD/Fthing
Em You used to tell me I would
feel as Dgood as Cdead
Em I took these pills so I
could heal this Dbroken Chead
Em These four white walls
are closing Din aCround me
Em This is a curtain call
Now I am noD/Fthing
9.
Words Or Less
Key: C#HardC#5
A5
Bb5
C5
B5
I hopeC#5 this song caA5n tell you how I fBb5eel tonight
C#5You are my fiA5rst dissection spiBb5lling my insides
C#5Let's write our nA5ames with the bBb5lood that's in our cheeks
C#5So it won't wC5ash away if I Bb5don't come home for C5weeks
And I B5don't C5comeC5 home...B5 C5 C5 C#5
C5 C#5 I never said
This would be easy
Bb5I let her go when she said she was leaving
C5 C#5 So whisper softly
And don't forget
Bb5To tell me how you feel in five words or less
C#5I knew I shouA5ld have never offeBb5red you the world
C#5The nights arC5e full of faceBb5s you're the only giC5rl
C#5Turn my A5world from Bb5disaster
C#5Make my hC5eart startBb5 beatingC5 faster
C#5Ask the A5question, here's Bb5the answer
C#5I need youC5 now andBb5 I can'tC5 stand this
B5C5C5B5C5C5C#5
C5 C#5 I never said
This would be easy
Bb5I let her go when she said she was leaving
C5 C#5 So whisper softly
And don't forget
Bb5To tell me how you feel in five words or less
Bridge
C5A5Bb5C5A5Bb5
n.c.
Just tell me how you feel...
n.c.
I need your voice tonight...
n.c.
Just tell me how you feel...
n.c.
Whoa, whoa...
n.c.
So whisper softly and don't forget
Bb5To tell me how you feel in five words or less
C5 C#5 I never said
This would be easy
Bb5I let her go when she said she was leaving
C5 C#5 So whisper softly
And don't forget
Bb5To tell me how you feel in five words or less
10.
Abandoned Driveways
Key: FHardF
G
Am
G/B
C
Em
Dm
then
FGAmAmAmAm
FG
Am Breathe me Gin I am your Amnicotine G/B
I'll Cfill your Emlungs unDmtil you
cannot breatheAm swallow me Gdown
I am your AmalcoholG/B I'll Cfill your
Emgut with Dmall the pain and loss
when Emyou pass out so
you can sleep it off
AmBloodshot eyes don't tell the truth
aAmbandoned drives lead to abuse
but FI won't let you Gget away so Amsoon
roll the dice you'll either win or
lose your Amalibi has got me confused
but FI won't let you Gget away so soon
Am Crush me Gup I am your amAmphetaminesG/B
I'll Ckeep you Emup Dmso you cannot dream
Am start with Gme I am your Amgateway G/Bdrug
Cturn to Emme when Dmyou don't belong
Emlisten once and you can turn me off
AmBloodshot eyes don't tell the truth
aAmbandoned drives lead to abuse
but FI won't let you Gget away so Amsoon
roll the dice you'll either win or
lose your Amalibi has got me confused
but FI won't let you Gget away so soon
Am Breathe me Amin F breathe me Fin
Am swallow me Amdown and listen Fonce
I am your Fgateway gateway Amdrug
I am your Amgateway gateway Fdrug
I am your Fgateway gateway Gdrug
if you open your eyes I know
you'll Ffind yourself in Gpain
AmBloodshot eyes don't tell the truth
aAmbandoned drives lead to abuse
but FI won't let you Gget away so Amsoon
roll the dice you'll either win or
lose your Amalibi has got me confused
but FI won't let you Gget away so Amsoon