(Play throughout until (G) chord at the end of the first verse)
(intro:) (AmCDAmCDAm) (start song)
1&234 1&2 3&4 1&234 1&2 3&4 1&234
CDAm
I hurt myself today
CDAm
To see if I still feel
CDAm
I focus on the pain
CDAm
The only thing that's real
CDAm
The needle tears a hole
CDAm
The old familiar sting
CDAm
Try to kill it all away
CDG
But I remember everything
When at the (G) chord here, go to even 4/4 strumming
AmF
What have I become?
CG
My sweetest friend
AmF
Everyone I know
CG
Goes away in the end
AmF
And you could have it all
CG
My empire of dirt
AmF
I will let you down
GAm
I will make you hurt
CDAm
I wear my crown of thorns
CDAm
Upon my liar's chair
CDAm
Full of broken thoughts
CDAm
I cannot repair
CDAm
Beneath the stain of time
CDAm
The feelings disappear
CDAm
You are someone else
CDG
I am still right here
When at the (G) chord here, go to even 4/4 strumming
AmF
What have I become?
CG
My sweetest friend
AmF
Everyone I know
CG
Goes away in the end
AmF
And you could have it all
CG
My empire of dirt
AmF
I will let you down
GAm
I will make you hurt
CF
If I could start again
CG
A million miles away
AmF
I would keep myself
GAm
I would find a way
Strum the final (G) chord once and let it ring.