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