Intro: Bm D A (4x)
Verse:
Bm D
bang bang go the coffin nails
A A
Like a breath exhaled and gone forever
Bm D
seems like just yesterday
A A
How did i miss the red flags
Bm D
Raised? think back to days we laughed
A A
We braved these bitter storms together
Bm D
Brought to his knees he cried,
A A
but on his feet he died
Pre-chorus:
Bm D A
what god could damn a har-eart?
Bm D
And what god drove us apa-hart (“apart”)?
A
What god co-hould (“could”)
Bm D A
make it stop, let this end
Em
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
it’s come this, a weightless step
Em
On the way down singing
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Post-Chorus: Bm D A A (2x)
verse:
Bm D
bang bang from the closet walls
A A
The schoolhouse halls, the shotgun’s loaded
Bm D
push me and i’ll push back
A A
i’m done asking, i demand
Bm D
From a nation under god
A A
I feel its love like a cattle prod
Bm D
i’m born free but still they hate
A A
i’m born me, no, i can’t change
Pre-chorus:
Bm D A
it’s always darkest just before the dawn
Bm D
So stay awake with me
Bm
Lets prove them wrong
D A
Make it stop, let this end
Em
Eighteen years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
it’s come this, a weightless step
Em
On the way down singing
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
bridge:
Bm A
the cold river washed him away
F# G
But how could we forget
Bm A
The gatherings hold candles
G
but not their tongues
Bm A
And too much blood has flown from the wrists
F# G Bm
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss
D A
Who will rise to stop the blood?
Bm D
We’re counting for, insisting on
A Bm D A Em
A different beat, yeah, a brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
A brand new song-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A Em
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm D A
make it stop, make this end
Em Bm
This life chose me, i'm not lost in sin.
D A
And proud i stand of who i am
Em
I plan to go on living!
Bm D A
make it stop, make this end
Em
All these years pushed to the ledge.
Bm D A
and proud i stand of who i am
Em
I plan to go on living!