Gallows Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Em][Am][Em][C][Em]
[C][G][D][Em][C][D]
[C]

[Verse 1]
This life [C]starts,
with a heart[D]beat,[C]
Is it beat-, beat-, beat-,
beat-, beating [D]me [Em]down?
I could lose who I [D]am![C]
I can't help, but [D]to see,
[C]this assistance living shit outta [D]me,[Em]

[Verse 2]
I could lose who I am!
[C]Every time I [D]walk away,
[C]Every word I [D]never say!

[Verse 3]
[C]Restless, chasing shadows
[Am]Choices, facing [Em]gallows' pole.
Are you hanging by a [G]thread,
Or swinging from the rope?
[C]Don't think we don't
see your [Am]scars,
Are you afraid of who you [Em]are?[D][C]
Are you [D]afraid of who you [Em]are?!
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][Em][C][D]

[Verse 4]
[C]Denial, my soul wil[D]l burn,[C]
Is it burn-, burn-, burn-, burn-,
burning [D]me [Em]out?
You're feeding [D]the flames!
[C]Spread out the ash,
Pretend [D]to see,[C]
That you can still fight some day with [Em]me.

[Verse 5]
I just feed the flames.
[C]Every time I [D]walk away,
[C]Every word I'd [D]ever say!

[Verse 6]
[C]Restless, chasing shadows,
[Am]Choices, facing [Em]gallows' pole.
Are you hanging by a [G]thread,
Or swinging from the rope?
[C]Don't think we don't
see your [Am]scars,
Are you afraid of who you [C]are?[D#m]
[G][Em]

[Interlude 2]
[C][D][Em][C]

[Verse 7]
Oh my god, what am [D#dim]I afraid [B]of?
[G]This success scares [Em]the
[D]living shi[C]t out of me.
Oh my god, are [D#dim]you afraid of me[G],[Em]
And everything that
breathes?
[Am][C]

[Verse 8]
[C]Restless, chasing shadows,
[Am]Choices, facing gal[Em]lows' pole.
Are you hanging by a [G]thread,
Or swinging from the rope?
[C]Don't think we don't
see your [Am]scars,
Are you afraid of who you [Em]are?
Afraid of who [G]you are?

[Outro 1]
[G][Em][D][Em]