A# Dm I will not make Gm Dm The same mistakes that you did A# Dm I will not let myself Gm Dm Cause my heart so much misery A# Dm I will not break Gm Dm The way you did, you fell so hard A# Dm Iʼve learned the hard way Gm F To never let it get that far Gm Because of you D# F I never stray too far from the sidewalk Gm Because of you D# F I learned to play on the safe side so I donʼt get hurt D7 Cm Because of you A# F I find it hard to trust not only me, D7 but everyone around me D# F Because of you I am afraid A# Dm I lose my way Gm Dm And itʼs not too long before you point it out A# Dm I cannot cry Gm Dm Because I know thatʼs weakness in your eyes A# Dm Iʼm forced to fake Gm Dm A smile, a laugh, every day of my life A# Dm My heart canʼt possibly break Gm F When it wasnʼt even whole to start with A# Dm I watched you die Gm Dm I heard you cry every night in your sleep A# Dm I was so young Gm Dm You should have known better than to lean on me A# Dm You never thought of anyone else Gm Dm You just saw your pain A# Dm And now I cry in the middle of the night Gm F For the same damn thing Gm Because of you Gm Because of you D# F Because of you I am afraid Gm Because of you D# F I never stray too far from the sidewalk Gm Because of you D# F I learned to play on the safe side so I donʼt get hurt D7 Cm Because of you D# F I try my hardest just to forget everything D7 Cm Because of you A# F D7 I donʼt know how to let anyone else in D7 Cm Because of you A# F D7 Iʼm ashamed of my life because itʼs empty D# F Because of you I am afraid Gm Because of you
