IntroC#mBA.
Verse 1There's C#mno way out of anB angry crowd without steAppin' on some toes
They'll scrC#meam your name 'til the liBghts go out then they'll fAeed you to the wolves
It's hC#mard to say who yoBu'll be when they let thAose big red curtains close
You kC#mnow this 'cause you Btold me sAo
Pre-ChorusI bet you forC#mgot
Black heels in the summertimBe
Dad's bad, cookin' though, you'd be polite
A Honey, now you got a look that I don't recognize
A You pulled me aside and you saidChorusETo know me is to hate me
Is to hate what I've become
Amaj7It's to watch me as I'm fallin'
From that ladder's last rung
C#mIt's to feel it like a seBcret
You can't keep in, I'm nAmaj7ot the way I was
I'm not the way I wasPost-ChorusC#mBA.
Verse 2Were you fC#mreed within, did you leBave your skin?
Are you tetAhered in your doubt?
Have you brC#meathed it in 'til it's Bmedicine that you Acannot live without?
'Cause you cC#mame back home a ******' Balien and we're stAuck here on the ground
Call your C#mmom back, kid,B before the high Acomes downPre-Chorus'Cause you forC#mgot
Black heels in the summertime
BDirt road smoking on a Friday night
A Honey, now you got a look that I don't recognize
A You pulled me aside and you saidChorusETo know me is to hate me
Is to hate what I've become
Amaj7It's to watch me as I'm fallin'
From that ladder's last rung
C#mIt's to feel it like a seBcret
You can't keep in, I'm nAmaj7ot the way I was
I'm not the way I was
EBut to feel it, to see it
The look in all their eyes
Amaj7Is to breathe in, to be in
The good grace of that Godlight
C#mIt's to have it in yBour hands
The one thing you wanted alAmaj7l your life
"It's all mine"BridgeE It's a hole I can't fill, it's a curse I can't bAreak
And I gave my soul to it, and I cannot be recC#mlaimed
I was younger tBhen, I was younger thAen
I was youngChorusETo know me is to hate me
Is to hate what I've become
Amaj7It's to watch me as I'm fallin'
From that ladder's last rung
C#mIt's to feel it like a seBcret
You can't keep in, I'm nAmaj7ot the way I was
I'm not the way I was
EBut to feel it, to see it
The look in all their eyes
Amaj7Is to breathe in, to be in
The good grace of that Godlight
C#mIt's to have it in yBour hands
The one thing you wanted alAmaj7l your life
"It's all mine"OutroE And to feel it, to see it
The look in all your eyAmaj7es
Is to breathe in, to be in
The good grace of this GodlighC#mt
It's to have it in Byour hands
The one thing I wanted aAll my life
It's all mine
