It Kills Me to Be Alive chords by The Smith Street Band

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Verse 1
G 
Something about the summer
Em 
D 
I didn't cope with well
G 
And every time I walked in this room
D 
In the same spot, tripped and fell
G 
And  I check my spit for blood
D 
And I do not call enough
G 
I spill my guts for money
Em 
D 
But you don't find my jokes
G 
that funny
There's something in the tone of my voice

Verse 2
That makes
Em 
you question
D 
everything I say
G 
And I will never learn to
just shut my mouth
Em 
D 
And bury things our parents' way
G 
And you said that I should
quit what I fear
Em 
D 
And I know I just wanted it to be my idea
G 
And you said that I do not exist
Em 
D 
G 
And I know at least now we agree on it

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Verse 3
And I'll keep telling myself
Em 
D 
G 
That I'm not just here for everyone else
Em 
Make plans for birthdays that I don't
D 
G 
care if I celebrate
And I'm sorry that I can't be
Em 
D 
what everybody wants from me
G 
I do not feel that I am loved
Em 
G 
But I do not reach out
enough
But I'm reaching up
Em 
C 
D 
G 
Em 

Verse 4
C 
D 
G 
I'll let this all fall down
Em 
D 
around me
G 
Yeah, I'll let this all fall down
Em 
D 
around me
G 
Yeah, I'll let this all fall down around me
Em 
And

Verse 5
D 
G 
I'll fail but
at least I'll try
Em 
It's the most I can hope
G 
D 
for most of the time
G 
It kills me to have to be alive
D 
It's killing me to have to be alive