Key: E minor
Verse 1
G
C
E
I wanted to be free
Em
D
E
But there was nothing left of me
D
C
E
I saw the emptiness in your eyes
D
Em
E
Until I had to leave
Something inside told me
Em
A
C#m
It hurts to be in love
E
Em
It hurts to be alone
C#m
A
Em
You might as well
bury yourself to death
D
E
D
Damn!
E
Damn!
Em
E
I found that the newness makes me ill
Em
D
E
Till I knew that I could not chat to some girl
D
Em
E
A girl that on TV I see
D
Em
E
I can now see that smiles I can turn on
C#m
A
But it hurts to be alone
E
Em
A
C#m
A
It hurts to be alone
E
D
E
Death Death
Em
E
Way out in the deep blue sea,
Em
D
E
there's a fish swim like a family,
D
Em
E
the big fish feed the little fish,
D
C
E
till the bigger fish get eaten by even bigger fish,
Em
E
C#m
A
E
Em
A
C#m
A
and it hurts to be a know, it hurts to be alone
C
Em
D
yourself to death
E
D
Death
E
Death
Em
C
E
I only want you to be free
Em
D
E
But the world is like a prison to me
Em
E
in the darkness you can't see
Maybe you can help me
A
C#m
E
Em
A
it hurts to be a man
throw yourself to death
C
D
E
D
A
E
Man, man
C
E
afterlife might be like
C
D
E
Somehow, if you deserve it,
you have reward
D
Em
Pissing for your head
D
Em
Feeling the feels of your
C#m
A
C#m
E
And it hurts to be, it hurts to be,
C#m
A
Em
C
there's no need to worry yourself to death,
D
A
E
D
E
death,
Em
C
Somewhere in a fu ture
Em
C
D
E
I'd fight it to live forever if I dare.
Em
E
need your affection,
E
A
Because it hurts to be in love
C#m
A
E
A
It hurts to be in love
D
F#m
D
F#m
A
E
death
D
A
E
D
Death, death, death,
A
E
D
F#m
D
E
Em
death
C
G
D#
D
G
C
C
You
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