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!