{INT} -> C#5 A#5 C#5 A#5 F#5 G#5 
 
A#5                                          C#5 
So here I sit looking at the traffic lights 
                                                 F#5
The red extinguishes the hope that the green ignites 
                                         C#5 
I want to run away I want to ditch my life 
                    G#5                       A#5 
Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night 

 
And after all of my alibis desert me 
       C#5
I just want to get by 
  
I don't want nothing to hurt me 
      F#5                             
I had no idea where my head was at  
          C#5                          G#5                               
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that 
        A#5              G#5               C#5
Because I just want for all of this to end 
 
      F#5      C#5 
And I so hate consequences 
    A#5                          G#5 
And running from you is what my best defense is 
F#5          C#5
  Ohh....... Consequences 
      A#5                   G#5 
Oh God, don't make me face up to this 
      F#5     C#5 
And I so hate consequences 
    A#5                          G#5 
And running from you is what my best defense is 
      A#5 
Cause I know that I let you down 
    G#5 
And I don't want to deal with that 
 
Intro repeated* 
 
A#5 
  It just now hit me this is more than just a set back 
      C#5 
  And when you spelled it out, well, I guess I didn't get that 
F#5
  And every trace of momentum is gone 
           C#5                   G#5 
  And this isn't turning out the way I want   
A#5                                                                
  And after all of my alibis desert me 
         C#5 
  I just want to get by, I don't want nothing to hurt me 
        F#5                               
  I had no idea where my head was at  
            C#5                          G#5 
  But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that 
          A#5              G#5               C#5 
  Because I just want for all of this to end 
 
      F#5      C#5 
And I so hate consequences 
    A#5                          G#5 
And running from you is what my best defense is 
F#5           C#5 
  Ohh....... Consequences 
      A#5                   G#5
Oh God, don't make me face up to this 
      F#5      C#5 
And I so hate consequences 
    A#5                          G#5 
And running from you is what my best defense is 
      A#5 
Cause I know that I let you down 
    G# 
And I 5don't want to deal with that 
 
A#5
  And I spent all last night 
 
  Tearing down 
F#5 
  Every stoplight 
  
  And stop sign in this town 
C#5 
  Now I think there might 
 
  Be no way to stop me now 
G#5 
  I'll get away despite 
                              F#5 
  The fact I'm so weighed down 
 
            G#5        
  All of my escapes have been exhausted 
A#5 
  I thought I had a way but then I lost it 
F#5                      G#5 
  And my resistance was once much stronger 
        A#5 
  And I know I can't go on like this much longer 
 
F#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 
 
C#5                               A#5
When I got tired of running from you 
                                  F#5 
I stopped right there to catch my breath 
                                C#5 
There your words they caught my ears  
             G#5                 C#5 
You said, "I miss you son. Come home" 
                             A#5
And my sins, they watched me leave 
                        F#5 
And in my heart I so believed  
                             C#5 
The love you felt for me was mine  
             G#5                  D#5 
The love I'd wished for all this time  
 
And when the doors were closed 
A#5           G#5 
I heard no I told you so's 
  F#5 
I said the words I knew you knew 
   C#5            G#5 
Oh God, Oh God I needed you 
A#5                  G#5            F#5       
God all this time I needed you, I needed you 
 
           
      F#5      C#5 
And I so hate consequences 
    A#5                          G#5 
And running from you is what my best defense is 
F#5            C#5 
  I hate these Consequences 
    A#5                              
And I know that I let you down 
    G#5 
And I don't want to deal with that 
 
 
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