CAPO: 1 fret 

Intro: Gm  Bb Cm D Bb 
Gm Bb Cm 

Verse: 
Gm      
The air was cold 
D 
The night I fled 
Cm 
Your eyes were more 
Gm 
Than I could take 
Gm 
I ran so fast 
F 
I ran like hell 
Cm               D 
And still wasn't able to escape 


Gm                 D 
The picture's still fixed in my head 
Cm                Gm 
The stage was all set at my request 
Gm 
You took the roll 
F 
You played it well 
Cm                Adim           Gm 
I knew it would be easy for you 


Pre Chorus: 
D                    Cm 
Strike me harder now 
Gm                  Bb   D 
Push me to the ground 

Cm      Gm 
Pain is sweeter 
   F      Gm 
Coming from your hand 
Cm 
I love you 
Eb           D       Gm 
When you hurt me the most 


Gm  Bb Cm 

Gm                Adim 
So fell the lash, repeatedly 
Cm            Gm 
The icy words cut me deep, and still 
Gm 
I begged for more 
F 
You gave no less 
Cm           Adim 
Surrendering fully to the game 
Gm 
You took control 
D 
I took the blame 
Cm             Gm  
You had enough so you looked away 
Gm                F 
Deprived of love, deprived of pain 
Cm               D 
No choice but to keep on sinking 


Pre Chorus: 
D                    Cm 
Strike me harder now 
Gm                  Bb   D 
Push me to the ground 

Cm      Gm 
Pain is sweeter 
   F      Gm 
Coming from your hand 
Cm        Gm 
don't you leave me 
Eb           D       Gm 
When I need you the most 

Gm  Bb F Cm 
Gm G# Bb 

Cm               Gm 
No pain or love left for your slave 
Bb               F 
My heart is torn yet you smile the same 
Cm                Gm                   G# 
I'll break the vow and I'll tell myself 
G#             Bb 
The words that free me from you 


Solo: Cm Gm Bb F Cm D F Adim Gm 


Pre Chorus: 
D                    Cm 
Strike me harder now 
Gm                  Bb   D 
Push me to the ground 


Cm      Gm 
Pain is sweeter 
   F      Gm 
Coming from your hand 
Cm        Gm        F       GM 
Take your hate and drive it through my heart 
     Cm          Gm        Eb           D       Gm 
But please don't leave me when I need you the most... 

Outro: 
Gm      
The air was cold 
D 
The night I fled 
Cm                Gm 
The pain was more than I could take 
Gm 
You learned your role 
D 
you'll play it well 
Cm                          Gm  
I know it will be easy for you