Nightmare chords by
Halsey
Halsey

2019Pop1.1K views
Key: C major
Intro 1
Ab
Gm
Now I lay me down to sleep
Cm
Eb
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Ab
Gm
If I shall die before I 'wake
Cm
Eb
I pray the Lord my soul to take
Chorus 1
Ab
Gm
Cm
I, I keep a record of the wreckage of my life
Eb
Ab
I gotta recognize the weapon in my mind
Gm
Cm
They talk shit, but I love it every time
Eb
And I realize
Verse 1
Cm
I've tasted blood and it is sweet
Eb
Ab
I've had the rug pulled beneath my feet
Gm
Cm
I've trusted lies and trusted men
Eb
Broke down and put myself
back together again
Ab
Stared in the mirror and
Gm
punched it to shatters
Cm
Eb
Colllected the pieces and picked out a dagger
Ab
I've pinched my skin in
Gm
between my two fingers
And wished I could
Pre-chorus 1
cut some parts off with some scissors
Ab
Gm
"Come on, little lady, give us a smile"
Cm
Eb
No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about
Ab
Gm
I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for
Cm
A moment to say I don't
Chorus 2
owe you a goddamn thing
Ab
Gm
Cm
I, I keep a record of the wreckage of my life
Eb
Ab
I gotta recognize the weapon in my mind
Gm
Cm
They talk shit, but I love it every time
Eb
And I realize
Bridge 1
Ab
I'm no sweet dream, but I'm a
Gm
Cm
Eb
hell of a night
Ab
That I'm no sweet dream, but I'm a
Gm
Cm
hell of a night
Verse 2
Ab
Gm
Cm
No, I won't smile, but I'll show you my teeth
Eb
And I'ma let you speak
Ab
if you just let me breathe
Gm
Cm
I've been polite, but won't be caught dead
Eb
Lettin' a man tell me what I should do in my
Ab
bed
Gm
Keep my exes in check in my basement
Cm
'Cause kindness is weakness, or
Eb
worse, you're complacent
Ab
Gm
I could play nice or I could be a bully
Pre-chorus 2
I'm tired and angry, but somebody should be
Ab
Gm
"Come on, little lady, give us a smile"
Cm
Eb
No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about
Ab
Gm
I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for
Cm
A moment to say I don't
Chorus 3
owe you a goddamn thing
Ab
Gm
Cm
I, I keep a record of the wreckage of my life
Eb
Ab
I gotta recognize the weapon in my mind
Gm
Cm
They talk shit, but I love it every time
Eb
And I realize
Ab
Gm
Cm
I, I keep a record of the wreckage of my life
Eb
Ab
I gotta recognize the weapon in my mind
Gm
Cm
They talk shit, but I love it every time
Eb
And I realize
Bridge 2
Ab
Gm
Someone like me can be a
Cm
Eb
real nightmare, completely aware
Ab
Gm
But I'd rather be a real nightmare than
Cm
die unaware, yeah
Ab
Gm
Someone like me can be a
Cm
Eb
real nightmare, completely aware
Ab
Gm
But I'm glad to be a
Cm
real nightmare, so save me your prayers
Chorus 4
Ab
Gm
Cm
I, I keep a record of the wreckage of my life
Eb
Ab
I gotta recognize the weapon in my mind
Gm
Cm
They talk shit, but I love it every time
Eb
And I realize
Ab
Gm
Cm
I, I keep a record of the wreckage of my life
Eb
Ab
I gotta recognize the weapon in my mind
Gm
Cm
They talk shit, but I love it every time
Eb
And I realize
Outro 1
Ab
I'm no sweet dream, but I'm a
Gm
Cm
Eb
hell of a night
Ab
That I'm no sweet dream, but I'm a
Gm
Cm
Eb
hell of a night

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