A 
Standing in the light 

’Cause I want to be decent 
D  
Putting up a fight 
         A 
While picking up the pieces 
D 
Up a fight 
      A                     E  
While picking up the pieces 

What I want ain't always what I needed 
A 
The way I've acted 

You'd think I'd know better 
D               A 
Never wanted to become your dead letter 
D               A              E 
Never wanted to become a stray 

Waking every morning just to wash my dreams away 

A 
Tell me 
       D    A 
Do you love me 
       D     A   E 
In the worst way still 
      A 
Don't ask me 
     D    A 
Do I need you 
         D     A 
’Cause I bleed you 
      F#m 
And I know 
    E 
You know 
  A 
I do 

A 
I'm back to the basics 

I gotta face it 
D                  A 
Lord, I've got the devil to pay 
D                         A 
Yeah, I know I've got the devil to pay 
E 
Baby, being civil ain't easy 
A 
No way to cheat him 

It's all beneath me 
D                  A 
Lord, I’ve got the devil to pay 
D                        A 
Yes, I know I've got the devil to pay 

But it’s  
E 
Burning up so why the hell am I freezing? 

A 
Tell me 
       D    A 
Do you love me 
       D     A   E 
In the worst way still 
      A 
Don't ask me 
     D    A 
Do I need you 
         D     A 
’Cause I bleed you 
      F#m 
And I know 
    E 
You know 
  A 
I do 

A 
I lost my way 

Well I carried the chain 
D                          A  
I get all choked up at the devil to pay 
D                 A                E 
I'm on the ground figuring out the times 
A 
I lost the face that I can't replace 
D                          A 
I get all choked up at the devil's mistakes 
D                 A            E 
I'm on the ground figuring out mine 


(Next part sung acapella a note up from A to B) 
B 
Tell me  
       E    B 
Do you love me 
       E     B   F# 
In the worst way still 
      B 
Don't ask me  
     E    B 
Do I need you 
         E     B 
’Cause I bleed you 
      G#m 
And I know 
    F# 
You know 

(Continue playing) 
   B 
So tell me,  
       E    B 
Do you love me 
       E     B   F# 
In the worst way still 
      B 
Don't ask me  
     E    B 
Do I need you 
         E     B 
’Cause I bleed you 
      G#m 
And I know 
    F# 
You know 

   B 
So tell me,  
       E    B 
Do you love me 
       E     B   F# 
In the worst way still 
      B 
Don't ask me  
       E    B 
Will I hold you 
         E    B 
’Cause I told you 
       G#m 
When I don't 
    F# 
You know 
   B 
 I will