Intro: C#G#C#G#
Verse:
C#G#
When I picture my hometown
D#
There’s a bronze spray-tanned statue of you
C#G#
And a plaque underneath it
C#G#
That threatens to push me down the stairs, at our school
C#G#D#
And it was always the same searing pain
D#
But I dreamed that one day, I could say
Chorus:
All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
D#
And I can’t forgive the way you made me feel
G#C#D#
Screamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’
D#
But I can’t forget the way you made me heal
C#G#C#G#
Verse:
C#G#D#
And it wasn’t a fair fight, or a clean kill
D#
Each time that Aimee stomped across my gravе
C#G#
And then she wrote hеadlines
C#G#
In the local paper, laughing at each baby step I’d take
C#G#D#
And it was always the same searing pain
D#
But I prayed that one day, I could say
Chorus:
G#C#D#
All that time you were throwin’ punches, I was buildin’ somethin’
D#
And I couldn’t wait to show you it was real
G#C#D#
Screamed “Fuck you, Aimee” to the night sky, as the blood was gushin’
D#
But I can’t forget the way you made me heal
G#C#D#
Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman
D#
But she used to say she wished that you were dead
G#C#
I push each boulder up the hill
D#
Your words are still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head
Bridge:
FmA#m
I wrote a thousand songs that you find uncool
G#D#
I built a legacy which you can’t undo
FmA#m
But when I count the scars, there’s a moment of truth
G#D#C#G#C#G#
That there wouldn’t be this, if there hadn’t been you
Verse:
C#G#
And maybe you’ve reframed it
D#
And in your mind you never beat my spirit black and blue
C#G#
I don’t think you’ve changed much
C#G#
And so I changed your name, and any real defining clues
C#G#
And one day, your kid comes home singin’
D#
A song that only us two is gonna know is about you, ’cause—
Chorus:
G#C#D#
All that time you were throwin’ punches, it was all for nothin’
And our town, it looks so small, from way up here
G#C#D#
Screamed “Thank you, Aimee” to the night sky, and the stars are stunnin’
ʼCause I can’t forget the way you made me heal
G#C#D#
Everyone knows that my mother is a saintly woman
But she used to say she wished that you were dead
G#C#
So I pushed each boulder up the hill
D#
Your words were still just ringing in my head, ringing in my head
Outro:
C#G#
Thank you, Aimee
C#G#
Thank you, Aimee
C#G#D#
